Frank Robinson Quotes on Time (31 Quotes)

I don't see him being back from this in the short period of time that's left. It's too bad.

We have some people that might be a backup to Clayton. Damian has gotten innings at shortstop this spring. We still have plenty of time. I've been assured that Damian can be a backup at shortstop. We have to wait and see.

I might be more reasonable with it. There will be a certain time when the things go off. At a certain time, you have to start preparing yourself for the ballgame and think about the people around you.

Hopefully, he'll get three at-bats in a shorter period of time hitting at the top of the lineup.

Slowly, we are starting to get out of the hole, but we have to continue going forward. The way you do that is by winning series. You can't get it all back at one time. ... You can't wish for a 10-game winning streak. They come very rarely. But you can start to win two out of three, three out of four. And you look up, you are at .500, and you go from there.

That's the rule around here. They've all been told. It's been said more than one time.

Five hit batters to one at the time, and Nick gets hit after the warning. Nothing was said. But our guy gets rung, I get rung, because he felt like that was the appropriate time for us to retaliate. You've got to be kidding me.

We have more than a week left before the season starts, and there is plenty of time for decisions like that to be made.

Every Opening Day is special to me. When they don't become special to you, it's time for you to get out of the game. You get butterflies, and can't wait to get started. You look forward to it from the time the season ends until the next Opening Day.

That way it's not hanging out there coming in out of the blue and I'd have to sit down. I don't want to sit down now. But it may not be a bad time.

He will get five starts instead of six. It's just to make sure, give him plenty of time. He is still on schedule to start opening day.

We've got time. We don't want him to come in here and rush it. He's a veteran guy, not a youngster that's going to be going out there trying to prove anything.

I know time is running out as far as I'm concerned.

Each day you miss, it comes into question. He still has time, but it will be close. These are the days now you start revving it up a little bit.

He can throw it at any time and throw it for strikes. It's a very effective pitch for him. I want to learn how he throws it, keep it in mind, maybe teach it to someone else.

I think he needs a little bit more time. I appreciate him saying that. I appreciate the effort that he's put in to try to get himself back. But I think he's pushing it a little quickly. My advice to him is to take it easy, not rush it.

It was nervous time. Two errors in the ninth, I know we're all right because Cordero is on the mound.

You'd like to see him a little bit more in control, ... and understand, especially in this situation, the importance of having everybody available here and not being without one of your better players for any type of time, even if it's one game.

It has to be cultivated. Just because you are playing a team that's down the road that doesn't mean it's a rivalry. Both teams have to be productive and winning over years and time. You have to create the fan interest and the media interest in it and that makes it a rivalry.

We haven't put everything together for any length of time. Maybe when the bell rings and we start for real, we can put it together. A lot of these guys haven't played together. It's going to take a while for the chemistry to come together, but this team has the ability to do that, to come together as a team. But, again, that comes from winning and enjoying the game.

There's no real problem. At that moment, at that that time, I expected a little different reaction from him. He said he was only mad at himself -- he had an opportunity and let it slip away.

It was a bad throw. It wasn't even close. You wonder why we practice, practice, practice. We preach, we preach, we preach -- I do -- take your time, make sure you get one. Give the infielders a good throw. If they can turn two, they will turn two. If they can't, they can't. But they don't have a chance if you don't give them a good throw.

Just knowing him for a brief period of time I feel like he's going to go out there and give it 110 percent. We're not talking about a Gold Glove or anything like that, just go out there and do the best you possibly can.

Unless he takes longer than five to seven days, or is still there, then that's when there's some concern and will have some type of effect on the team. Other than that, he's got plenty of time to get ready for the season.

The first time was much more severe, and he wasn't able to walk. I think this one will be kind of short term,

This young man is special. He was learning about catching with no hesitation on his part. He's really come a long way in a short period of time. And then to have to tell him this, it was very difficult. But we need pitching more than anything else right now.

You feel especially good inside when the kids go out there and do a job for you. This team is probably going to have a different face on it by the time we see it next year opening day.

We'll see where he fits and how he performs. If you don't start him, it would be very difficult to get him to start later on. We can also make him a reliever. I haven't seen him enough as a starter to draw a conclusion. As a reliever, he has been very effective. What I have liked about him from Day 1 is that he has been able to throw a strike with his fastball at almost any time. If he gets behind a hitter, he can throw a fastball for a strike.

A rivalry has to be cultivated. This, in time, could be.

Would it be fair to put him out there ahead of these other guys who have played those positions for quite some time.

Zach Day has good enough stuff to win at this level. He's shown flashes, but he hasn't put it together over a long period of time.