Unlike Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson never tried to convert himself into an acceptable black man.

If there had been endorsements back then, he'd have more than [Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan put] together. He was such an unusual guy, such an eye-catcher.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

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

There's only one Michael Jordan.

Were it not for Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey would be remembered, if at all, as a Bible-thumping midwestern Methodist windbag who neither played baseball on Sundays when he was a mediocre catcher for the St. Louis Browns and the New York Highlanders, nor attended games on the Sabbath as a baseball executive.