Mr. Rickey, do you want a ballplayer who's afraid to fight back?

— Himself (Jackie Robinson)

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:12.522 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, he can run, he can hit, and he can field.

- But can he take it?

- That I don't know.

- What do you think, Jackie?

- Well, I can try.

- Think you've got guts enough to play the game no matter what happens? They'll shout insults at you, they'll come into you spikes first, they'll throw at your head.

- They've been throwing at my head for a long time, Mr. Rickey.

- Suppose I'm a player in the heat of an important game. Suppose I collide with you at second base and when I get up I say, you... You dirty black so-and-so. What do you do?

- Mr. Rickey, do you want a ballplayer who's afraid to fight back?

- I want a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back.

- You've got to do this job with base hits, stolen bases and fielding ground balls, Jackie. Nothing else.

- Now I'm playing against you in the World Series, and I'm hotheaded. I wanna win this game.

- So I go into you spikes first. You jab the ball in my ribs and the umpire says, out. I flare.

[...]

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