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Many of the men we saw were good. Some had great promise. Like you.

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:02.873 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Me, play for Montreal?

- I want to win pennants, and we need ballplayers.

- The war set us back a little.

- So three years ago, the Brooklyn Dodger management decided to scout untapped sources of supply. Mexico, Cuba, all the Latin American countries, and our own country, too. That right, Clyde?

- From coast to coast.

- Yes. For players who can help us win.

- Many of the men we saw were good. Some had great promise. Like you.

- You think you can do it, Jackie? Make good in organized baseball?

- If I got the chance.

- There's more here than just playing. I wish it just meant runs and hits and errors, the things you can see in a box score.

- 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.

[...]

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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