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

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

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

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.

I used to tell Jackie (Robinson) sometimes when they were throwing at him, 'Jackie, they aren't throwing at you because you are black. They are throwing at you because they don't like you.