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- Well, I guess he's got the jitters.
- Anybody can make an error.

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

You can hear this line at 00:44:11.645 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Even though the ballgame has started, excited fans are still crowding in to this huge concrete horseshoe.

- It's a holiday throng, eager and expectant, but with one thing in mind...

- What will the highly-publicized Jackie Robinson do today? Will organized baseball's first Negro player make good, or will he fail?

- You fans out there, what do you think?

(Crowd booing)

- Well, I guess he's got the jitters.

- Anybody can make an error.

- That was an awfully easy chance.

- Well, as the poet said, To err is human.

- And Jackie Robinson proved himself indeed a mortal man in the first inning by booting that easy play, permitting Jersey City's first run.

- But the game is young, fans, and so is Jackie.

- You're up next. Get on deck.

- Yes, sir.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

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

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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