Brooks Robinson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Brooks Robinson:

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


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


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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.
~Brooks Robinson


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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.
~Brooks Robinson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#970c7782

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#6cd3e1c8

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.
~Brooks Robinson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#41ed0805

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#c9317283

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#cb920c30

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.
~Brooks Robinson


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brooks-robinson-quotes/#8e4a2af1

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