Black Manager Quotes by Frank Robinson

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Frank Robinson has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice.…
• Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
• This was what the universities were turning out nowadays. The science-is-a-sacred-cow boys. People who believe you could pour mankind into a test-tube…
• Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.
• I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks (Robinson) and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers.
• If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first…
• I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.
• It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the…
• No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players.…
• Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me…
• The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another…
• All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

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