"It's like having a little tape recorder in your head that is playing at an incredibly high speed at an incredibly low volume. A little voice telling you about all the things you'd seen and considered, and your thoughts, and you just want to get them out of your head. They can tend to get into your work."
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Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 to Georgia sharecroppers. His talent as an athlete shined at UCLA, where he became the first student to win varsity letters in four sports. He didn't finish college due to financial problems, joining the army where he was discharged after objecting to racial discrimination there. He played a season with the Negro Baseball League then burst onto the national scene in 1947 when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American major league player since 1889. He became Rookie of the Year and two years later, Most Valuable Player of the Ye…
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