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

In baseball, there's always the next day

A filly who wants to run will always find a rider.

War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.

To advertisers: "Do not compete with your agency in the creative area. Why keep a dog and bark yourself?"

You've got to give loyalty down, if you want loyalty up.

Women don't like men who know they're good looking. They'd much prefer a man who doesn't know he's good looking.

I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.

Jests that give pains are no jests.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

The sea cries with its meaningless voice, Treating alike its dead and its living