Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
From Sidney Poitier
To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.
Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.
I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.
I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.
Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important.
But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.
A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.
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