38 Quotes by Brooks Robinson

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.

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

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

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

I’m a Major League 3rd Baseman. If you want to go play in parking lot, I’m suppose to stop the ball.

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

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

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.