Ryne Sandberg Quotes

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

Disrespect, Taught, Manager

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, Baseball, Play

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

Home, Important, Down

Baseball wasn't easy for me.
Ryne Sandberg

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

End, Game, Play

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

Important, Special, Proud

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

Good, Game, Happen

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

Work, Hard, Career

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

Leave, Writers, Prepare

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

Respect, Game, College

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

Respect, Play, Played

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

Work, Hard, Times

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.
Ryne Sandberg

Time, Awe, Field

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

Thankful, Twice

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is more important than knowing where to find the little red light at the dug out camera.
Ryne Sandberg

Learning, Important, Two

In baseball, there's always the next day.
Ryne Sandberg

It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to a World Series for Cub fans.
Ryne Sandberg

Happen, Two, Fans

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

Mom, Rain, Game

My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Ryne Sandberg

Best, Wife, Happened

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.
Ryne Sandberg

Best, History, Baseball

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

Game, Person, Uniform

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.
Ryne Sandberg

Game, Reason, Here

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

Together, Play, Grace

There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.
Ryne Sandberg

Career, Team, Whole

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?
Ryne Sandberg

Home, Forget, Someone

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Nationality: American

Born: September 18, 1959

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