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" I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop. "
Ryne Sandberg
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager. "
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" In baseball, there's always the next day. "
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" I do my homework. I come to the ballpark, and I relay any message that I need to relay to the players. I get that off my chest. "
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" 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. "
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" For me, the game starts with starting pitching. "
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" They use the word 'integrity' in describing a Hall of Famer in the logo of the Hall of Fame, and I think there are gonna be quite a few players that are not going to get in. "
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" I've always had that attitude that things happen for a reason. "
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" If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors. "
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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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" I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day. "
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" There's nothing I would do differently, no wishing I had done this or done that. "
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" I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game. "
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" I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting. "
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" I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Get your work in. Work hard at it. Give it your best effort. And if you get an opportunity, be ready for it. That's respect for the game. "
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" It's hard for me to answer questions I haven't thought about. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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