What do the sports writers have to say?

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

You can hear this line at 00:41:14.273 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- The season opens in Jersey City tomorrow.

- Oh, I'm glad you told me.

- And this is your last chance to avoid a big mistake.

- Now, suppose you let me decide that.

- 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.

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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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