Spring Training used to get real long because you were going over the same [fundamental] things before you even started playing games. You were very happy when the season started. But things are better -- the playing fields, the complexes.…

Quote by Frank Robinson

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The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season...

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season...

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

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

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best,...

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best,...

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined....

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined....

No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up....

No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up....

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of...

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of...

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it,...

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it,...

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out...

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out...

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class...

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class...

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season...

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season...

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be...

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be...

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the...

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the...

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.

No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are...

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are...

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first...

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first...