A biography for Ryne Sandberghasn’t been written yet.
“Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors.”
“In baseball, there's always the next day.”
“Am I impressed by myself? Nah, not really.”
“I came up under the wing of Larry Bowa, and one thing I did not do was ever take a day off from taking pregame groundballs or batting practice. Then the games were just having fun.”
“One of the first benchmarks in a season are far as at-bats is 100.”
“I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.”
“I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.”
“I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.”
“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.”
“I've spent 34 years associated with the Cubs, and part of the reason I've stayed in baseball is because I want to be part of a World Series winner.”
“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.”
“It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I think the voting system has handled things very well. And like I said before, there are no suspicions in the Hall of Fame.”
“I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization.”
“I do my homework. I come to the ballpark, and I relay any message that I need to relay to the players. I get that off my chest.”
“The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.”
“I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.”
“I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.”
“I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.”
“I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.”
“All it takes to play baseball is a strong arm, good speed, and the coordination to hit the ball. That's it.”