Ryne Sandberg Quotes

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

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  Tags in Baseball

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

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  Tags in People, Honor

• I didn’t play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

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  Tags in Play, Right

• 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

  Topics in Respect

• 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.

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  Tags in Home

• Baseball wasn’t easy for me.

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  Tags in Baseball

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

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  Tags in Look, Like

• In baseball, there’s always the next day.

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  Tags in Baseball, Day

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

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  Tags in Day

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

  Ryne Sandberg

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  Tags in Time

• 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

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Play

• I played it right because that’s what you’re supposed to do – play it right and with respect.

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  Tags in Right

• I was in the postseason twice and I’m thankful for that.

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  Tags in Thankful

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

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  Tags in Taught

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

  Ryne Sandberg

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  Tags in Right

• 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.

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  Tags in Feel

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

  Ryne Sandberg

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Right

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

  Ryne Sandberg

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  Tags in League

• My wife Margaret is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

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  Tags in Happened

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

  Ryne Sandberg

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  Tags in Game

Ryne Sandberg (24)

Birth:	18th September, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Baseball Player

About

Ryne Dee Sandberg, nicknamed "Ryno," is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played major-league baseball for sixteen years and spent nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs.

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