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…

— Frank Robinson

As a black, you find you have to be two or three times better than a white even to play. And when…

— 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.…

— Frank Robinson

Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball.

— 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…

— 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…

— Frank Robinson

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

— Frank Robinson

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

— 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…

— 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…

— Frank Robinson

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have…

— Frank Robinson

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

— Frank Robinson

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

— 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…

— Frank Robinson

I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.

— Frank Robinson

People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with…

— Frank Robinson

No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players.…

— Frank Robinson

I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks (Robinson) and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers.

— Frank Robinson

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do,…

— Frank Robinson

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or…

— Frank Robinson

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

— Frank Robinson

During the years I was still playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came,…

— Frank Robinson

The time for forgiveness and overlooking and waiting is over because you just don't have those numbers of games left. We got…

— Frank Robinson

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

— Frank Robinson

I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from…

— Frank Robinson