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Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

All though I didn't meet him. His legend and his saga and his story is just that. Jackie Robinson, we all have to tip our hat to him. Because he made the game available to guys like me.

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

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

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

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.

I liked Jackie Robinson because he was cool to watch, not because he was black. Every time you turned around, he was hitting a triple or making a great play in the field or, best of all, stealing home.

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.

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

In my opinion, Jackie is the greatest female athlete ever.