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

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

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

" '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. "

" Baseball wasn't easy for me. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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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" 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'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. "

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

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

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

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