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It was all about doing things right. If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen. That's what I loved most about the game, how a ground out to second with a man on second and nobody out was a great thing. In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble. He'd be under a microscope and the first time he couldn't beat out a base hit or missed a fly ball, he was probably shipped out. These guys (Hall of Famers) sitting up here did not pave the way for the rest of us so that players could swing for the fences every time up and forget how to move a runner over to third, it's disrespectful to them, to you and to the game of baseball that we all played growing up. Respect.

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We do have a problem in baseball, and using steroids is not respecting the game.

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

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Baseball wasn't easy for me.

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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.

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In baseball, there's always the next day.

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

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I got to see him when I got inducted into the Hall of Fame last July and he sang a song for my wife and myself that we danced to. He was just a big part of my experience with the Hall of Fame last July.

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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's allowed me to have Chicago as a home my family considers Chicago a home. 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.

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That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special. It's allowed me to have Chicago as a home my family considers Chicago a home. 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.

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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.

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New inductee Sandberg got a taste of this first hand when he showed up to Cubs' Spring Training camp this spring. Big difference, ... All of the fans wanted my autograph, not just the Cubs fans or the National League fans.

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

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I was fortunate enough to be there for Ernie, Billy and Ron, ... I was on the field for all those ceremonies, not even thinking I would have a day that would come like today but just taking it in. To be in their company and to join them means everything to me.

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I'm pretty overwhelmed right now and a little bit sick along with it. We'll see how the day goes. I was fortunate enough to be there for Ernie and Billy and Ron. I was on the field for all those ceremonies - not even thinking that I would have a day come like today. Being in their company and joining them means everything to me.

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To be in their company and to join them means everything to me.

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We here today owe America's pastime a strict policy.

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I went into spring training that first year (with the Cubs) in '82 and No. 23 was hanging up in my locker, ... I thought it was kind of an odd number. I believe I asked for 14 and (former Cubs clubhouse manager Yosh Kawano) totally turned me down and said that number's been taken and retired.

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I thought '23' was kind of an odd number, ... I asked for 14, and Yosh totally turned me down and said that number's been taken and retired. Yosh Kawano has been a good friend of mine, and he was the one that picked that out for me. And that was the perfect number.

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I can't help but wonder if 31 is the next number. That's a no-brainer.

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I went into spring training that first year in '82, and No. 23 was hanging up in my locker. I thought it was kind of an odd number. I believe I asked for No. 14, and clubhouse manager Yosh Kawano totally turned me down and said that number has been taken and retired. Yosh Kawano has been a good friend of mine, and he was the one that picked No. 23 out for me and that was the perfect number.

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Starting off as slow as I did, 0-for-32, the organization stuck with me and allowed me to work my way through that and feel comfortable, ... It was a great situation for me to come here and play every day, and, really, that was what got the ball rolling for me.

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I don't know where I'd go and want to win a championship other than here, ... That's still what I'm striving for. That's still why I'm with the organization and coming out to the ballpark as often as I do -- to be a part of that and to win a championship here.

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I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

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

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