Jackie Robinson Quotes

I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It's only fair that I always try to give them the very best that's in me. After all, I need them more than they need me.

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each other.

I owe baseball. Baseball don't owe me a damn thing.

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

The attitude of giving a full commitment to the partnership will usually result in getting the same commitment in return.

I feel like I owe the Yankee fan base my A-game.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

I tend to be loyal to the people who have been loyal to me.

I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.

I don't want any QPR fans to feel I am short-changing them.

I'm as loyal as anyone and will do anything for people I respect. But if you don't give that back to me in return, you're dead to me.

The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process.

It's clear that I owe Pep a lot and I would be honoured to work with him again.

I have enjoyed my time at Chelsea and would like to thank the club and the fans for their support.

Dance with the one who brung ya.

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.

I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.

The best relationships are when you both want to make each other happy - you buy the groceries, I do the dishes.

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.