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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

What separates a weak dreamer and a great dreamer is who is wishing and waiting or who is willing and working.

I know but one freedom, and that is the freedom of the mind.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.

People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become.

The only way to get around Arizona is by small private plane.

We're living in such a fantasy world where nothing makes sense anymore.

Thank God I didn't have my children until I was a little bit older.

It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated.