Brooks Robinson Quotes


Brooks Robinson

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.

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.

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

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.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn`t disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

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.






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