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Ryne Sandberg
American
Athlete
Born:
Sep 18
,
1959
Day
Game
Me
Think
Work
You
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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.
Ryne Sandberg
Work
Best
You
Game
Respect
Work Hard
Opportunity
Give
Ready
Effort
Get
Your
Hard
In baseball, there's always the next day.
Ryne Sandberg
Day
Always
Next
Baseball
Baseball is all about relationships, and in some ways, what know you and who knows you.
Ryne Sandberg
You
Relationships
Ways
Some
About
Know
Knows
Who
Baseball
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.
Ryne Sandberg
Home
Drop
Important
Down
Bat
Back
Run
More
Put
Head
Name
Because
Around
Lot
Hit
Than
Front
Your
Home Run
Bases
I'm not interested in on-the-job learning or on-the-job training.
Ryne Sandberg
Learning
Training
Not Interested
Interested
I let the players use their abilities and what they're capable of doing. If they're capable of stealing bases, I'm going to give them the green light. I'm going to teach them to pick their spots and to get a base when they can get a base.
Ryne Sandberg
Light
Ability
Give
Stealing
Pick
Spots
Doing
Green
Get
Green Light
Going
Them
Capable
Teach
Use
Base
Bases
Players
I just appreciated so much the contract they gave me, and I wanted to give something back to the Cubs' organization.
Ryne Sandberg
Me
Organization
Gave
Back
Give
Something
Cubs
Contract
Just
Wanted
Much
Appreciated
When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager.
Ryne Sandberg
Minor
Minor League
League
Major
Goal
Manager
Different
Player
The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.
Ryne Sandberg
Game
Saw
League
Major
Major League
Person
Uniform
Ever
Fourth
I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.
Ryne Sandberg
Time
Field
Every
Every Time
Walked
Awe
I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.
Ryne Sandberg
You
Respect
Supposed
Because
Play
Right
Played
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.
Ryne Sandberg
Learning
Light
Important
Out
Run
Find
More
Red
Red Light
Knowing
How
Dug
Camera
Hit
Than
Bunt
Where
Anything
Little
Turning
Two
There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.
Ryne Sandberg
Together
Grace
Mark
Ten
Ten Years
Combination
Were
Years
Double
Play
I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.
Ryne Sandberg
Work
Day
Every Day
Work Hard
Every
Struggled
Struggling
Had
Like
Look
Times
Maybe
Hard
Many
I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.
Ryne Sandberg
Day
Every Day
Every
Physically
Writers
Had
Leave
Scraps
Many
Prepare
My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Ryne Sandberg
Best
Me
Wife
Happened
Ever
Thing
Margaret
I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special.
Ryne Sandberg
Me
Important
Think
Lifelong
Cub
Cubs
Always
Proud
Still
Been
Chicago
Special
There's not too many guys that spend their whole career with one team and I think it's very fortunate and a blessing for me.
Ryne Sandberg
Me
Blessing
Think
Too
Spend
Guys
Very
Fortunate
Team
Many
Whole
Career
I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.
Ryne Sandberg
Great
Memories
Happy
Building
Great Memories
New
Cub
New Ones
Being
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.
Ryne Sandberg
Sometimes
Job
Think
Suited
Back
Guys
League
Major
Major League
Hall
Labeled
Get
Might
Coaching
Who
Level
At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.
Ryne Sandberg
Old
Dreamed
Minor
Leagues
Years
Being
Growing
Philadelphia
I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.
Ryne Sandberg
Almost
Until
Non-Stop
Ball
Got
Pro
Played
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.
Ryne Sandberg
School
State
Though
Signed
High
High School
Quarterback
North
Intent
Central
Even
Washington
Baseball
Washington State
Baseball Player
Letter
Play
Player
Basketball
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.
Ryne Sandberg
People
Organization
Hero
Seen
Rose
Like
Steve
Coming
Heard
Up
Taught
Mike
Pete Rose
Growing
Growing Up
Players
As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words to describe Cub fans who welcomed me as a rookie, were patient through my 1-for-32 start, and took me into their homes and into their hearts and treated me like a member of their family. You picked me up when I was down.
Ryne Sandberg
Great
Family
Me
You
Words
Fans
Patient
Down
Took
Member
Through
Picked
Like
Know
Welcomed
Cub
Am
Were
Up
Hearts
Public
Rookie
Speaker
Who
Describe
Homes
Start
Treated
There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.
Ryne Sandberg
You
Big
Stay
Leagues
Were
Lot
Big Leagues
Did
Just
Worked
Hard
Who
Players
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