Ryne Sandberg quote: "Every time I look at that flag flying, I'll think of the Cubs fans that were there for me every day. You have never let me down, and for that I will never forget you."

If this validates anything, it's that learning how to bunt and hit and run and turning two is mo...
RYNE SANDBERG

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your...
RYNE SANDBERG

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the fro...
RYNE SANDBERG

When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't wan...
RYNE SANDBERG

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm ...
RYNE SANDBERG

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He&#...
RYNE SANDBERG

I do my homework. I come to the ballpark, and I relay any message that I need to relay to the player...
RYNE SANDBERG

Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big lea...
RYNE SANDBERG

I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I...
RYNE SANDBERG

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been ...
RYNE SANDBERG

I've spent 34 years associated with the Cubs, and part of the reason I've stayed in baseball...
RYNE SANDBERG

As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words ...
RYNE SANDBERG

It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we d...
RYNE SANDBERG

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.
RYNE SANDBERG

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

Football, I thought, would be a tough sport to make a living in. There is no minor league. You eithe...
RYNE SANDBERG

When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a mino...
RYNE SANDBERG

In other ways, one way to be in a lineup or stay in a lineup or stay in a spot is to produce.
RYNE SANDBERG

If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup.
RYNE SANDBERG

I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.
RYNE SANDBERG

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player...
RYNE SANDBERG

I let the players use their abilities and what they're capable of doing. If they're capable ...
RYNE SANDBERG

I was fortunate enough to be there for Ernie, Billy and Ron, ... I was on the field for all those ce...
RYNE SANDBERG

It was all about doing things right. If you played the game the right way, played the game for the t...
RYNE SANDBERG

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

I went into spring training that first year (with the Cubs) in '82 and No. 23 was hanging up in my l...
RYNE SANDBERG

I thought '23' was kind of an odd number, ... I asked for 14, and Yosh totally turned me down and sa...
RYNE SANDBERG

Time and time again, I see former teammates, and we talk about it. It feels like we are all on the s...
RYNE SANDBERG

All it takes to play baseball is a strong arm, good speed, and the coordination to hit the ball. Tha...
RYNE SANDBERG

I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at ...
RYNE SANDBERG

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Ros...
RYNE SANDBERG

I'd rather play a double-header than speak at a banquet, and if I went to Wrigley Field knowing ...
RYNE SANDBERG

Steve Bartman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
RYNE SANDBERG

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

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-ci...
RYNE SANDBERG

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

It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I th...
RYNE SANDBERG

With those numbers that he has, those plateaus, that's Hall of Fame right there. As far as I'm conce...
RYNE SANDBERG

I'm pretty overwhelmed right now and a little bit sick along with it, ... We'll see how the day goes...
RYNE SANDBERG

Starting off as slow as I did, 0-for-32, the organization stuck with me and allowed me to work my wa...
RYNE SANDBERG

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

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

I'm not a sportswriter. I don't get to vote. I don't get the ballot in the mail, so it&#...
RYNE SANDBERG

There's not much Shane and I can do but show the way. The younger guys have really done a good job.
RYNE MALONE

I have some high goals left, I?m ready for states. I?m looking to top my time there, and I?m excited...
RYNE FRANCIS

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where exp...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.
CARL SANDBERG

We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground; little girls get called bossy all the time - a w...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Our discomfort with female leadership runs deep. We call little girls bossy. We never really call li...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any indust...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I'd like to see where boys and girls end up if they get equal encouragement - I think we might h...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void: the emptiness that f...
SHERYL SANDBERG

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys...
SHERYL SANDBERG

For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't liv...
SHERYL SANDBERG

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to ha...
SHERYL SANDBERG

We leave people alone when they need us most.
SHERYL SANDBERG

I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I think we build resilience to prepare for whatever adversity we'll face. And we all face some a...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to build resi...
SHERYL SANDBERG

When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career...
SHERYL SANDBERG

It's more pressure on women to - if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the righ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Big businesses have always had a lot more voice. They can afford advertising; they can afford market...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate th...
SHERYL SANDBERG

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Pages on Facebook are allowed to be anonymous. That is really important. People start revolutions; w...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Writing about joyful experiences for just three days can improve people's moods and decrease the...
SHERYL SANDBERG

It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.
SHERYL SANDBERG

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of pa...
CARL SANDBERG

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning.
CARL SANDBERG

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the Eng...
CARL SANDBERG

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the am...
CARL SANDBERG

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
CARL SANDBERG

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
CARL SANDBERG

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.
CARL SANDBERG

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pul...
CARL SANDBERG

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and on...
CARL SANDBERG

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
CARL SANDBERG

When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marri...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I absolutely loved Tina Fey's 'Bossypants' and didn't want it to end. It's hilar...
SHERYL SANDBERG

My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part o...
SHERYL SANDBERG

You can date whoever you want, but you should marry the nerds and the good guys.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Until women are as ambitious as men, they're not gong to achieve as much as men.
SHERYL SANDBERG

The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
SHERYL SANDBERG

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and br...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her im...
SHERYL SANDBERG

My hope in writing 'Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead' was to change the conversati...
SHERYL SANDBERG

One of the Internet's strengths is its ability to help consumers find the right needle in a digital ...
JARED SANDBERG

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of th...
SHERYL SANDBERG

What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to wor...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I don't pretend there aren't biological differences, but I don't believe the desire for ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidenc...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

The more women help one another, the more we help ourselves. Acting like a coalition truly does prod...
SHERYL SANDBERG

The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior wom...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.
SHERYL SANDBERG

The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-f...
SHERYL SANDBERG

we compromise our career goals to make room for partners and children who may not even exist yet
SHERYL SANDBERG

We must raise both the ceiling and the floor.
SHERYL SANDBERG

A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half o...
SHERYL SANDBERG

She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for thei...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I realized that searching for a mentor has become the professional equivalent of waiting for Prince ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay toge...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we car...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I have never met a woman, or man, who stated emphatically, "Yes, I have it all.'" Because no matter ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is su...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I hope you find true meaning, contentment, and passion in your life. I hope you navigate the difficu...
SHERYL SANDBERG

But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Women need to shift from thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'l...
SHERYL SANDBERG

There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact la...
SHERYL SANDBERG

There is no perfect fit when you're looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportuni...
SHERYL SANDBERG

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Done is better than perfect.
SHERYL SANDBERG

What would you do if you weren't afraid?
SHERYL SANDBERG

People who are underprivileged have more to grieve and have more to overcome.
SHERYL SANDBERG

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively cor...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Taking risks, choosing growth, challenging ourselves, and asking for promotions (with smiles on our ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

When a woman excels at her job, both male and female coworkers will remark that she may be accomplis...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.
SHERYL SANDBERG

Before social media, if I, as an individual wanted to publish something to the world, unless I could...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going...
SHERYL SANDBERG

What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone el...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribu...
SHERYL SANDBERG

But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I don't believe we have a professional self from Mondays through Fridays and a real self for the...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I don't believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of th...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I spent most of my career in business not saying the word 'woman.' Because if you say the wo...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that de...
SHERYL SANDBERG

If you ask men why they did a good job, they'll say, 'I'm awesome. Obviously. Why are yo...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. L...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I'm not telling women to be like men. I'm telling us to evaluate what men and women do in th...
SHERYL SANDBERG

So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there...
SHERYL SANDBERG

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying i...
SHERYL SANDBERG

We also all know people who could do so much more if only they believed in themselves. Like so many ...
SHERYL SANDBERG

Every time I look at that flag flying, I'll think of the Cubs fans that were there for me every day. You have never let me down, and for that I will never forget you.

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Every time I look at that flag flying, I'll think of the Cubs fans that were there for me every day. You have never let me down, and for that I will never forget you.

Ryne Sandberg

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