Brooks Robinson Quotes (21 Quotes)

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

I could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.

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 wouldn't mind seeing someone erase my record of hitting into four triple plays.

He wrote that he met with Powhatan and was fed cornbread and venison at a big banquet, ... Was he forced to write the letter Well, the Indians couldn't read English, so they wouldn't have known if he was asking for help.

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.

I just love coming out here. I love to meet the people here.

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

The Indians were a disciplined, energetic people, ... Their villages were quite well-constructed, considering they had tools made only of stone, bone and seashells. And they grew an abundance of corn, beans, squash, pumpkins and tobacco.

Willy was one of those guys who never liked to change gloves. He used to put tongue depressors in the thumb when the glove got a little soft, and he'd stuff sanitary socks in the fingers. I got that from him. When I got a glove, I wanted to use that glove forever.

We lost the most beloved Oriole of all time. Not only was Elrod loved here in the Baltimore area, but all over the country. Every ballpark that we would go into, he'd be the first one on the field signing autographs and saying hello.

I really have an affection for York, ... It was the first place where my father came to see me play pro ball.

Was it a fact ... Or just a great new story about a celebrity that might help sell books

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

the priority of my life.

We are very excited that SEEGRID has chosen this location within the City of Pittsburgh and that they share in our vision that this region, especially Lawrenceville, is prime for robotics growth,

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.

many good words to me.

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

He's going to flip over to the Veterans Committee next year, ... It's just too bad things couldn't have happened early when he was banned from the game, coming clean. It would be a whole different story.