Shocked, astonished, apalled are just some of the words that describe my reaction when I heard about the release of O.J. Simpsons book - If I Did It. The premise behind the book is simply this - if I (O.J.) would have murdered my ex-wife and Ron Goldman, here is “hypothetically” how I would have done it. Insane - another word that describes my reaction.
Maybe it is the personality of an athlete - to always fight to be the “winner” or the one who ends up on top. Perhaps this is O.J. Simpsons’ attempt at once again being perceived as a “winner”. O.J., a word of advice, I doubt that this book will help with that. “Above anything else, I hate to lose.” Jackie Robinson
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Baseball player/ civil rights activist Jackie Robinson was an inspiration to many of the young African Americans. When Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate on the dodgers team he was not only taking a step up to bat he was helping the world take a step for the best. Jackie Robinson is a person to be idolized, he knew what racial slurs and physical attacks he was going to have to face when he signed the contract with the dodgers, and yet he still stepped up to the plate. Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player but he was a better civil rights activist. he endured the hatred that many had for him so that he could stand up for what many believed was right . Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, but ask people what do they think of when they here the name Jackie Robinson, and they wont say a baseball star they’ll say things that are similar to determined to get the respect he deserved,
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