Mine was an easy ride compared to Jackie Robinson's.

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• Sidney Poitier:

  I had learned something of Miami from people who had visited there, so I knew what to expect.

• Sidney Poitier:

  I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

• Sidney Poitier:

  I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came

• Sidney Poitier:

  But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

• Sidney Poitier:

  Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

• Sidney Poitier:

  My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very

• Sidney Poitier:

  But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.

• Sidney Poitier:

  I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.

• Sidney Poitier:

  A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my

• Sidney Poitier:

  So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.