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

Ryne Sandberg

Mom

Rain

My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Ryne Sandberg

Wife

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

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.

Ryne Sandberg

Career

There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.

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.

Ryne Sandberg

Reason

A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

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.

Ryne Sandberg

Home

Name

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.

Ryne Sandberg

Day

Writers

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.

Ryne Sandberg

College

Respect

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.

I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.

Ryne Sandberg

History

Baseball

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.

Ryne Sandberg

Time

I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.