What good will a degree do me? They're not hiring colored football coaches. Not our color, anyway.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:09:19.394 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I thought you'd be hungry.

- I'm always hungry.

- Sit awhile?

- Sure.

- Anything bothering you?

- I wanna quit college. Right after the basketball season.

- What for?

- I gotta get a job. I wanna Marry Rae.

- School's one thing, but... You and Mom can't support Rae, too.

- Can't it wait till you graduate?

- What good will a degree do me? They're not hiring colored football coaches. Not our color, anyway.

- Don't you wanna play baseball this season?

- What good'll that do me? Baseball's one sport they'll never let me in.

- Yeah. It's your best sport, too.

- I wonder if there's any place where they will let you in.

- Here's one place nobody draws the color line.

- Yeah. Great job for a college man.

[...]

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