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" Am I impressed by myself? Nah, not really. "

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" When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game? "

" I know I'm appreciated by how fans treat me, and the best way to treat them is play every day, hard. I sign autographs, but if I'm with someone I don't know who doesn't start the conversation, there won't be a conversation. That's just me, living my life. But I'll loosen up after baseball. "

" I have to do what I have to do, and you have to go where the opportunities are. "

" As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words to describe Cub fans who welcomed me as a rookie, were patient through my 1-for-32 start, and took me into their homes and into their hearts and treated me like a member of their family. You picked me up when I was down. "

" When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager. "

" It was everyone going up there to swing for the fences, because the home runs were what would get them on 'SportsCenter.' That really changed the mindset of the players. "

" 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. "

" I defend my players and coaches. "

" When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters. "

" When I'm arguing, I'm competing. I'm trying to win a game. And if that's what's called for, it's just a reaction. "

" 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. "

" The Phillies liked the work I had done with the Cubs, and really wanted me there. They were on the phone as soon as my contract was up in Chicago, and it was just a great feeling to be wanted, to be appreciated for the work you do. "

" There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years. "

" In other ways, one way to be in a lineup or stay in a lineup or stay in a spot is to produce. "

" There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues. "

" For me, the game starts with starting pitching. "

" You want to see energy, and you want to see guys on the same page. You want guys to work together and have that energy come out onto the field. That's a good place to start. "

" There's nothing I would do differently, no wishing I had done this or done that. "

" I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control. "

" Tainted numbers, I believe, do not belong in the Hall of Fame. "

" I talk to the players, either individually or as a group, what I'm feeling, and I think the players appreciate that. And I think they respond to that. "

" Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors. "

" I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college. "

" I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting. "

" If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen. "

" You never forget the feeling of not getting to the World Series. Yes, it sticks with you. "

" Typically, a position change is more for instructional league and winter time. It's just a more relaxed situation. A player can make some mistakes and learn from them. That's the proper way to go about a position change, for me. "

" I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues. "

" I'm not a sportswriter. I don't get to vote. I don't get the ballot in the mail, so it's out of my hands either way. I can say that in the history of the Hall of Fame, there are no suspicions about guys who are in the Hall of Fame. "