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Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get along with everyone, and when you look at his history, you learn that he has this fire that allows him to take this punishment but also figure out savvy ways of giving it back.

Jackie had a keen eye for talent, and like an elephant never forgot. And, he was always right on the mark.

I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis.

My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

Every time I look at my pocketbook, I see Jackie Robinson.

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.

As I look out there and see the culture of baseball, a lot of blacks and Latins, it's given me a lot of joy to know that Jackie started that. If Jackie hadn't come in '47, me and Ron Santo wouldn't have played in Double-A and all those years in the big leagues.