They call it big league baseball, folks, because you've got to be bigger and better to stay up here.

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

You can hear this line at 01:04:49.285 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Get this game started.

- Hey, Robby, win this game, and I'll give ya a great big kiss! Oh, what's the matter with you guys? You think I don't mean it?

- Sit down! Hey, Robinson! Why don't you go back to Harlem where you belong?

- Greetings from Evans Field.

- They call it big league baseball, folks, because you've got to be bigger and better to stay up here.

- That's the problem confronting Jackie Robinson at this very minute as he goes to bat for the first time in a big league game.

- Oh, yes, I know he's done all right in training... I've seen the papers, too. But that was only practice. From now on, it's for keeps.

- There's a little man upstairs in the press box who's known among other things as the official scorer. He watches like a hawk. He marks down everything.

- He'll make a mark for every move that Jackie Robinson makes, good or bad.

- And not only the official score's eyes are on the Negro rookie.

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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.

That's just like you. The first thing on top is your glove. What are you gonna do with it? -I don't know. Don't know if I'll ever do anything with it again.

All right, men. I respect your right to petition. But I do question and I will fight any petition that denies any American the right to earn his living in the game that is supposed to represent the democratic principles of sportsmanship and fair play!

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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