I haven't thought of anything. It's all so sudden. Kind of hits me straight between the eyes.

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

You can hear this line at 00:23:05.123 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- A box score. You know, a box score is really democratic, Jackie. It doesn't say how big you are, or how your father voted in the last election, or what church you attend. It just tells you what kind of a ballplayer you were that day.

- Well, isn't that what counts?

- It's all that ought to count. And maybe some day it's all that will count.

- That's why we brought you here. I wanna see if we can make a start in that direction.

- It'll take a lot of courage.

- Yeah. It sure will.

- It might take more courage for the organization than for you, Jackie. Have you thought of that?

- I haven't thought of anything. It's all so sudden. Kind of hits me straight between the eyes.

- Just relax, boy. There is plenty of time. Pull up a chair, make yourself comfortable.

- Thanks.

- We're tackling something big here, Jackie. If we fail, no one will try it again for 20 years. But if we succeed...

- If we succeed, Brooklyn'll win a pennant.

- Yes. That, too.

- But we're dealing with rights here. The right of any American to play baseball, the American game.

[...]

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