Brooks Robinson

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn’t disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

I’ll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can’t play games his whole life.

It’s a pretty sure thing that the player’s bat is what speaks loudest when it’s contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.

Fifty years from now I’ll be just three inches of type in a record book.

I’m a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

I’ve always said when I broke in I was an average player. I had an average arm, average speed and definitely an average bat. I am still average in all of those.

If your’re not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he’ll be ready to take your job.