Jackie Robinson Changes the GameJackie Robinson once said that ""One life is not important except by the impact it has on other lives." (Smart Quotes). Jackie Robinson suffered more abuse than any other baseball player. Jackie Robinson planned to break the color barrier for African Americans. Jackie Robinson had the muscle power and talent to inspire and change the color barrier in Major League baseball was one of the most significant baseball players America has ever known for Jackie Robinson's courage in breaking the color barrier, his inspiration to people around the world, and his accomplishments throughout baseball and at outside of baseball, this made him one of the most valuable players in the National League For starters, for Jackie Robinson's courage in stopping the color barrier, Jackie Robinson had the courage that no one else had for two years. In the article “Skin Games” Gregg Guss states: “For two solid years he 'turned the other cheek,' his brain keeping its mouth shut while his heart burned with anger at the insults he knew he had to tolerate”( 2). Robinson managed to accomplish a lot despite all the abuse he suffered. He had to distance himself from insults and death threats even as a child, he suffered abuse being the only black family living in a white neighborhood. In the article “Skin Games” Gregg Guss states: “The world in which Jackie Robinson grew up was separate and unequal” (3). All Jackie Robinson wanted to do was make the game he loved equal for everyone. He wanted to prove that African Americans could play any sport just as well as anyone else and that skin color did not define their talent. Although Jackie Robinson faced many challenges to chart the path of African Americans, he did so with courage, diligence... half way... obinson, he impacted the lives of many people during that time. He proved that the color of your skin does not define what you can do in life. He paved the way for all African Americans who wanted to play in the Major Leagues. In the article “Jackie Robinson: A Portrait in Courage” Richard Griffin states: “I think stress took 20 years out of Jackie's life,” he said, with a hint of sadness. «But I'll tell you something. Jackie Robinson did more for all of us in his 53 years than any man who lived to be 90 could ever have done” (6). He was someone who risked everything to show the world that African Americans were equal when he could have rejected Branch Rickey the moment he asked him to join the Major Leagues. Jackie Robinson died in October 1972 of a heart attack, but his legacy will live on because there will be no other man like Jackie Robinson in Major League Baseball.