What good will a degree do me? They're not hiring colored football coaches. Not our color, anyway.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:09:19.394 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Sure.
- I wanna quit college. Right after the basketball season.
- I gotta get a job. I wanna Marry Rae.
- School's one thing, but... You and Mom can't support Rae, too.
- Can't it wait till you graduate?
- What good will a degree do me? They're not hiring colored football coaches. Not our color, anyway.
- Don't you wanna play baseball this season?
- What good'll that do me? Baseball's one sport they'll never let me in.
- Yeah. It's your best sport, too.
- I wonder if there's any place where they will let you in.
- Here's one place nobody draws the color line.
- Yeah. Great job for a college man.
- It may not be a great job, but it's steady.
[...]
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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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