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" I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Steve Bartman was in the wrong place at the wrong time. "

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

" My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd rather play a double-header than speak at a banquet, and if I went to Wrigley Field knowing I had to be somewhere two hours after the game, it would bother me all day. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I've spent 34 years associated with the Cubs, and part of the reason I've stayed in baseball is because I want to be part of a World Series winner. "

" Baseball wasn't easy for me. "

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

" '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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I am not the type of person who can leave my game at the ballpark and feel comfortable that my future is set regardless of my performance. "

" 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. "

" There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready. "

" I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State. "