143 Quotes by Ryne Sandberg

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

Baseball wasn't easy for me.

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 never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble.

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

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