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> [ Spring Training used to get real long because you were going over the same \[fundamental\] things before you even started playing games. You were very happy when the season started. But things are better -- the playing fields, the complexes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/spring-training-used-to-get-real-long-because-you-were-going-over-the/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

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## More by Frank Robinson

> [I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/i-haven-t-seen-a-player-in-this-game-as-long-as-i-ve-been-in-it-that/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/as-a-black-you-find-you-have-to-be-two-or-three-times-better-than-a/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [I don't see anyone playing in the major leagues today (1982) who combines both the talent and the intensity that I had. I always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/i-don-t-see-anyone-playing-in-the-major-leagues-today-1982-who/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/al-campanis-made-people-finally-understand-what-goes-on-behind-closed/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/pitchers-did-me-a-favor-when-they-knocked-me-down-it-made-me-more/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/no-1-these-guys-out-here-on-this-field-they-keep-my-energy-level-up/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [You have to have a short memory as a closer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/you-have-to-have-a-short-memory-as-a-closer/)

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> [If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/if-he-can-hit-he-can-hit-i-don-t-care-if-he-came-from-class-z-league/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [I've never seen baseball advertise for a job, and I've never heard of whites applying for a job. I mean, there's an old boy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/i-ve-never-seen-baseball-advertise-for-a-job-and-i-ve-never-heard-of/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [ I expect that \[trying to do the best\] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/i-expect-that-trying-to-do-the-best-of-my-players-today-and-of-my/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/the-baselines-belongs-to-the-runner-and-whenever-i-was-running-the/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/be-anything-you-want-to-be-but-don-t-be-dull/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/all-in-all-i-wouldn-t-call-it-a-bad-outing-it-was-a-short-outing/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/listen-i-was-the-first-black-manager-in-baseball-and-there-was/)

[Frank Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-robinson/)

> [I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-robinson/i-had-no-trouble-communicating-the-player-s-just-didn-t-like-what-i/)

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