Ryne Sandberg Quotes

I've got to stand up for the sport.

Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.

I always put my boxing first.

My hockey comes first compared to everything else.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

To me, wrestling always comes first.

For many years, tennis was the most important thing in my life. That was great. Nothing wrong with that.

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

My point of view is that when I am playing cricket I cannot think that this game is less or more important.

I have so much respect for athletes like LeBron James. I get motivation from them because I know how many hours they put into it. It takes a lot of hard work and drive.

My priority is cricket. Everything that I get apart from it is a result of the effort on the field. Everything else follows. I am pretty aware of my priorities, and I don't really focus on things that are not as important to me as cricket.

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

You cannot just switch football on and off; it's intense. There were times when I probably shouldn't have got involved in certain things and said certain things, but you feel that sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe. Maybe the supporters looked to me to stand up as well.

My first love is the sport, and it will always be my priority.

As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

Loyalty and communication are always rewarded in sports.

Everything about morality and obligations I owe to football.

You know, I think He honestly does care about how we play on the field, more than anything more than win or lose our hearts on the field.

I've always really just liked football, and I've always devoted a lot of time to it. When I was a kid, my friends would call me to go out with them, but I would stay home because I had practice the next day. I like going out, but you have to know when you can and when you can't.