The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

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'm very grateful and fully aware that 90 percent of actors are not working. Going from public school teacher to a show like 'Grey's Anatomy', I love what I do.

We breathe the light, we breathe the music, we breathe the moment as it passes through us.

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.

Some teachers teach for others to learn. That's not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me.

When I'm speaking, I'm more focused on the words as meaning. When I'm singing, I'm more focused on the words as sound. The emotion is more targeted when I'm speaking, more flowing when I'm singing.

I'm interested in reaching the masses with my work. It's one of my goals.

If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.

I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the latter in the being worshipped by many who think themselves Christians.