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I've spent my whole life in baseball, and I've always been proud of that because I've always thought baseball was a fine game. A clean game.

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

You can hear this line at 00:41:27.153 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You'll break up the whole International League playing that colored boy.

- I've had letters, phone calls, I've even polled all the sports writers.

- What do the sports writers have to say?

- Jim Flanagan thinks you're even hurting the Negroes.

- This'll stir up a lot of trouble. There'll be black and white fights about it all over the country, and you'll be sorry you ever started it!

- I've spent my whole life in baseball, and I've always been proud of that because I've always thought baseball was a fine game. A clean game.

- I've always thought it had a good influence on the American people, on the kids, growing up. I've always thought baseball taught fair play and sportsmanship.

- But if what you say is true, then I've been all wrong. My whole life's been wrong. Wasted.

- Tell you what I'll do with you. I'll go out to Jersey City with you tomorrow and we'll sit in a front box.

- And if anybody's got any rocks to throw, they can throw 'em at me.

- Are you nervous?

- A little... maybe. But I won't be when we get on the field.

[...]

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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