American - Athlete | September 18, 1959 -
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.
Ryne Sandberg
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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.
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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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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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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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My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game.
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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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I knew nothing about managing when I started.
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There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready.
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I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training.
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One of the first benchmarks in a season are far as at-bats is 100.
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Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.
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