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Frank Robinson
American
Athlete
About the author
Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Boss
#Managers
No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Will
#Cause
No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Energy
People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#People
#Fool
#Manager
You have to have a short memory as a closer.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Memory
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 say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#First
The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#First
#Manager
The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Class
#Care
I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#People
#Managers
#Coaches
I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Nothing
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 ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Respect
#Confidence
Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#Saying
All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete
#First
I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.
Frank Robinson,
American
Athlete