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Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.
It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers.
But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.
No, I think the pitching today has more depth.
Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.
I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization that helped me and about the wonderful Chicago fans who have come out all these years to cheer me on. They've been a great inspiration to me.
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations.
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
That's a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I'd look them in the eyes and say, 'God almighty, I wish I'd have been there.'
The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.
It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.
I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.
It's a beautiful day for a ballgame - let's play two!
People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.
The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!
The measure of a man is in the lives he's touched.
Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.
