Frank Robinson Quotes

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers.

I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

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.

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.

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.

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.