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" I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything. "

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" If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me. "

" It's hard for me to answer questions I haven't thought about. "

" I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that. "

" I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo. "

" Baseball wasn't easy for me. "

" 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 knew nothing about managing when I started. "

" I was in awe every time I walked on to the field. "

" Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous. "

" One of the first benchmarks in a season are far as at-bats is 100. "

" Football, I thought, would be a tough sport to make a living in. There is no minor league. You either make it to the NFL or you don't. "

" I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies. "

" At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie. "

" My style is I work hard at it. I feel like I'm prepared every day. "

" You don't get hits if you're depressed. "

" 'The Sandberg Game' comes up all the time. Fans tell me where they were. They were driving down the highway, they were in the bleachers, they were downtown listening on the radio, they were on the farm on a tractor. I've heard all the stories where people have been. They're just amazed by the ending of the game and the thrill of it. "

" I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel. "

" 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. "

" I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds. "

" 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. "

" Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you. "

" 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 played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect. "

" I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop. "

" 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. "

" I was a hard worker. "