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Jackie Robinson:
You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back? Branch Rickey:
No. No. I want a player who's got the guts not to fight back. People aren't gonna like this. They're gonna do anything to get you to react. Echo a curse with a curse and, uh, they'll hear only yours. Follow a blow with a blow and they'll say, "The Negro lost his temper." That "The Negro does not belong." Your enemy will be out in force... and you cannot meet him on his own low ground. We win with hitting, running, fielding. Only that. We win if the world is convinced of two things: That you are a fine gentleman and a great baseball player. Like our Savior... you gotta have the guts... to turn the other cheek. Can you do it? Jackie Robinson:
You give me a uniform... You give me a, heh, number on my back... and I'll give you the guts
You want a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back? Branch Rickey:
No. No. I want a player who's got the guts not to fight back. People aren't gonna like this. They're gonna do anything to get you to react. Echo a curse with a curse and, uh, they'll hear only yours. Follow a blow with a blow and they'll say, "The Negro lost his temper." That "The Negro does not belong." Your enemy will be out in force... and you cannot meet him on his own low ground. We win with hitting, running, fielding. Only that. We win if the world is convinced of two things: That you are a fine gentleman and a great baseball player. Like our Savior... you gotta have the guts... to turn the other cheek. Can you do it? Jackie Robinson:
You give me a uniform... You give me a, heh, number on my back... and I'll give you the guts
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I want a player who's got the guts not to fight back
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People aren't gonna like this
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They're gonna do anything to get you to react
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Echo a curse with a curse and uh they'll hear only yours
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Follow a blow with a blow and they'll say The Negro lost his temper
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That The Negro does not belong
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Your enemy will be out in force
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and you cannot meet him on his own low ground
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Movie Summary
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Actors
Jackie Robinson
Branch Rickey
