At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

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

I bet she thought she was getting into a fight with a vanilla wafer on roller skates but little did she know she was getting into a fight with a spider sandwich.

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

My favorite chip trick is to make everyone's chip stack disappear.

Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies.

I guess for me Hemingway is a lot like it is for others: he goes down well when we are young.

To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.

It is all very well to say that a man should play for the pure love of the game. Perhaps he ought, but to the working man it is impossible.

I work because I think that I wouldn't feel good about myself unless I was contributing.

Hungary is now on the brink of becoming a neo-fascist state.

Good players skate to the puck. Great players skate to where the puck is going to be.