Robin Yount Quotes

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.

I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me... Every year I played in the big leagues, the day the season ended, I called my buddies in West Virginia and said, 'I'll be home tomorrow.'

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.

I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

The night I got drafted to the A's, obviously it was a great day of my life, but I've been a football player my whole life.

I coached a team in Brixton - Brixton United - for a while. We won two cups. They are a good team, but I only coached. No playing.

Playing for Midland, that helped me get to Arkansas. It was really all I ever wanted to do.

Derek Jeter is one who played for such a long time, and David Ortiz in Boston is doing it right now.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.

It's one of my goals to play in the best leagues and against the best players.

I've been the captain of a Premier League club, and I've coached some of the best players in the world.

I've played for 15 years and played in five major tournaments. I know what it gives me in terms of the joy, in terms of the love for the game. But I'm done with it.

After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.

When you have a son in football like Anton, it will always be deemed as if he got the prop up and given the contract, no matter how hard he works. So much so that when he was offered a deal at Chelsea, I advised him not to take a professional contract.

It's very special to be the coach of the best player in the world.

When I was coaching in Turkey, my players played well.

I've been with five teams, played for a bunch of different coaches.