38 Quotes by Ron Santo

I know when we were ahead by eight games, I still felt we were ahead by eight inches, ... You're doing everything you can and things just aren't going your way. There's nothing you can do about it.

I'll talk about the '69 Cubs, but I feel bad about what's happening to the White Sox. Instead of talking about how they might lose it, let's talk about how good they are and how they are going to win it.

I know getting inducted into the Hall of Fame had to be something, but that flag is going to be hanging there after everybody is gone.

The Cardinals built their ballpark around their team -- they had speed,

There are a lot of guys who are respected but not liked.

Everything changes, money rules. In my era, if you were successful, you were going to make money, but you never worried about it.

I'm the perfect candidate to be affected by SARS. I'm highly susceptible to infections.

The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.

I've been a Cub all my life. I came up here when I was 20 years old and spent my whole career here in Chicago. I've always been an optimist; I believe you have to be in order to survive, to be honest with you - in health, with what I've been through. That's the way I am.