Quotes by Ryne Sandberg

• Baseball wasn't easy for me.
• I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.
• It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.
• In baseball, there's always the next day.
• If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.
• If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light at the dug out camera.
• I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special.
• I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.
• I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.
• I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.
• No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.
• I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.
• I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.
• I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.
• I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.
• Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.
• A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.
• I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.
• The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.
• The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.
• There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.
• There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.
• When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?
• My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
• My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.