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- All I can see is your black face, that black face right over me. So I haul off and punch you right in the cheek. What do you do?
- Mr. Rickey, I've got two cheeks.

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:33.186 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- All I can see is your black face, that black face right over me. So I haul off and punch you right in the cheek. What do you do?

- Mr. Rickey, I've got two cheeks.

- Good. You on a contract with the Black Panthers?

- No, sir. We don't have contracts.

- Any agreement, verbal or written, about how long you'll play with them?

- No, sir, none at all.

- All right. Clyde'll give you a contract before you leave. Don't sign it right away. This is a very important move. Think it over carefully.

- Is your mother living?

- Yes, sir. She's in California.

- Call her up. Ask her advice. We'll pay the phone bill.

- Yes, sir.

- And Jackie... Remember one thing: No matter what happens on the ball field, you can't fight back. That's going to be the hard part. You can't fight back.

[...]

The Jackie Robinson Story Sound Clip

The Jackie Robinson Story Poster

Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.

Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)

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