He had a little trouble with first base... Playing it and reaching it. He just couldn't come up with that extra base hit.

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

You can hear this line at 01:08:42.082 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Why'd he wanna do that? If I can't make the grade at first base, he'd have his old job back.

- He's a team player, Jackie.

- Ah, and the weatherman apologizes for the recent rain.

- Well, let's get serious, folks.

- They can't say that Branch Rickey hasn't given Jackie Robinson a king-sized opportunity in staying in big league baseball.

- On that last road trip, when the California boy wasn't hitting too well, some of the out-of-town sports writers said that Jackie should have been out of there.

- He had a little trouble with first base... Playing it and reaching it. He just couldn't come up with that extra base hit.

- Right now, I see Jackie stepping into the box.

- All right, bring it in out there.

- Come on, Jackie!

- What happened to you?

- Keep your fingers crossed, folks. It may be that the rookie Jackie Robinson is a big league ballplayer after all.

- But he had us all worried, didn't he, going to the plate 19 straight times without a hit?

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But I am certain that I, and other Americans of many races and faiths, have too much invested in our country's welfare to throw it away or to let it be taken from us.

I'm not fooled because I've had a chance open to very few Negro Americans, but I do know that democracy works for those who are willing to fight for it, and I'm sure it's worth defending.

Trouble? The only trouble I'm worried about is ground balls to my right.

Well, I don't know what kind of a man I am, Reverend, but I think I'm a pretty good ballplayer.

And now, here's the moment everyone's been waiting for. This big crowd is silent and tense as Jackie stands there at the plate.

The Jackie Robinson Story Sound Clip

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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