Ryne Sandberg Quotes

I've always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league, and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league.

I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever.

You see so many different personalities and mind-sets in the world of sports, just like you do with actors.

If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Football doesn't build character. It eliminates the weak ones.

There are really smart baseball players. It's a thinking person's game.

I was a good athlete, a good baseball player. A great baseball player, I should say.

I always look forward to playing great players, great scorers, because I pride myself on my defense.

I've always liked big challenges in football and playing against the best.

My main focus is playing football and giving it all I got. I'm trying to go out there and make plays and help my team win.

I don't just want to be that guy who throws hard.

At Kentucky, you have to be a competitor. If you're not, you're going to look weak. You're going to look like you don't belong.

Once you get out there and start playing basketball, whether the NBA or college or whatever arena you are playing in or who you are playing in front of, the juices start going, and you want to just go out there and play to the best of your abilities.

I don't think, as a player, I have a weakness on the field. I've done a great job of becoming good at everything, so I think that's what separates me.

I played all sports growing up. Baseball was always my favorite, though.

All the top guys are complete players, and if I'm not, I won't be there.

It's not just about talent. It's about having players with good mentality.

When I'm on the field, I just do my job.

I don't mind showboating. Sports are supposed to be fun.

I've learned that football is a stupid sport for intelligent people because the simplest things are truly also the most difficult to get right.

I hustle, I run down the line, I do whatever I can to win ball games. Those are the only things we can control as baseball players.

Everything is possible in football.

Every player has different skills.