I know of a lot of times when Robin was hurt and wouldn't take himself out of the lineup. There are other guys like that. Then, there are guys who don't have that tolerance for pain. They feel that if everything is not exactly right, then they can't play. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
Some guys have a certain level they have to be at to play.
There were times that Robin could have sat out three, four, five days with certain injuries he had, but he never did. Those guys are few and far between. It wasn't that Yount tried to be a martyr, or that he thought the Brewers couldn't win without him. He just figured there were many ways to contribute, whether it be making a rally-squelching catch, taking an extra base during a decisive rally or producing a hit with the game on the line. The way Yount saw it, he could do none of the above while sitting on the bench.