Jackie Robinson - I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do ...

Jackie Robinson Zitate

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich fühlte mich unglücklich und gefangen. Wenn ich Baseball verlassen würde, wohin könnte ich gehen? Was könnte ich tun, um genug Geld zu verdienen, um meiner Mutter zu helfen und Rachel zu heiraten? Die Lösung für mein Problem bestand nur wenige Tage in den Händen eines zähen, mutigen und mutigen Mannes namens Branch Rickey, dem Präsidenten der Brooklyn Dodgers.

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