Frank Robinson Work Quotations

He has a nice, easy motion and there's no real strain on his arm. He doesn't want to come out of games. He has no ill effects. He throws easy and he works a lot of innings.

He was smiling even then. He had a feeling and I could understand where he was coming from. But since he's been here, he's been an outstanding individual, easy to work with, easy to talk to.

All I want him to do is work at it. Learn from his mistakes. Don't make the same mistake twice. So far he's putting the effort in. It's a slow process. It may take half the season, maybe the whole year.

Actually, I wouldn't mind another week down here. Not to play games, but just to work on fundamentals. We didn't win many games, but, maybe just in the last week, we started looking a little better. Before that, we looked terrible.

I know he carries a lot of respect around the league from other players. The way he goes about his work on the field, I think that sets the tone for the other guys. He does things the correct way.

He's a very unique individual. Not everybody can do what he does. It comes from his background, his work ethic. He loves the work load. He wants to throw as many innings as possible. He loves doing it.

We're not going to have the kind of club that's going to just outscore teams. We're going to need good pitching along with timely hits. That's what worked for 90 games last season.

It's going to be a work in progress. He got a little lesson today. We don't want to make the same kind of mistakes two or three times.

It's a big adjustment for him. You can have the talent, but if you don't want to work at it, you won't get any better. I have patience in him. I hope he has patience in himself.

It just goes to show you he's focused as far as his offense is concerned. The plays in the outfield, I tried to warn anybody who would listen, it's going to be a work in progress. He got a little lesson today, and if he learns from these things, that's what we want. We don't want him to make the same kind of mistakes two or three times.