In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble.

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 see people teaching how to make an impact, but i don't want to make dents, i want to walk lightly on the earth, grateful for universal grace.

A road need not be paved in gold to find treasures at its end.

I love making people who already hate me hate me more.

There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

My mom's hot. I mean she's old, but my mom's out of control.

It is among men of genius and science that atheism alone is found.

Because everyone who try a-go to church, and they were trying to teach but they weren't teaching, they was brainwashing. Since I would never call that teaching.

Written with grace and thoroughly researched, One People, One Blood is an ethnography with a lot of heart that also sheds new light on a fascinating and fraught chapter in recent Jewish history.