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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Ryne Sandberg

Love

I Am

Baseball

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

" I was a hard worker. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I think the voting system has handled things very well. And like I said before, there are no suspicions in the Hall of Fame. "

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

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

" My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine. "

" I knew nothing about managing when I started. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think sometimes Hall of Famers might get labeled as guys who aren't suited for a coaching job or to be back at the Major League level. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every 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. "

" I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training. "

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

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

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

Ryne Sandberg

Pitching

Game

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

Ryne Sandberg

Thankful

Twice

" I let the players use their abilities and what they're capable of doing. If they're capable of stealing bases, I'm going to give them the green light. I'm going to teach them to pick their spots and to get a base when they can get a base. "

" If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup. "

" The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform. "

" 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. "

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

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