Ryne Sandberg

“My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Steve Bartman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“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.”

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

“I knew nothing about managing when I started.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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