My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine

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

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.

I wanted my home to be a haven, like coming in from the cold to a big warm hug.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

I've been on the road since 1967.

No alarm clock needed. My passion wakes me up.. !

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.