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

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

Explore more quotes by Frank Robinson

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

Saying,

"I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out."

Confidence, Respect

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

Nothing,

"I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone."

People, Coaches, Managers

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

Care, Class

"You have to have a short memory as a closer."

Memory,

"No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together."

Energy,

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

Cause, Will

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

Sports, First

"But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on."

Sports, First

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"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids."

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Inventor

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"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

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"Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty."

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"First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Leadership, First