Ryne Sandberg

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

#am #ball player #baseball #baseball player #been

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#ever #i #manager #never #opponent

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#been #chicago #cub #cubs #i

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

— Ryne Sandberg

#good #good things #happen #played #right

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

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Baseball wasn't easy for me. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#easy #me

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. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

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I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers. ↗

— Ryne Sandberg

#every #every day #had #i #leave

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

— Ryne Sandberg

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

— Ryne Sandberg

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