Ryne Sandberg

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

I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.