Ryne Sandberg Quotes

I want to be remembered as a guy who played the game of football right.

You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport.

My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game.

At the end of the day, it's not about starting a game in the NFL, winning a Super Bowl, or getting to the Hall of Fame. It's about representing yourself in a way that represents your faith.

When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame.

God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.

I'm a Hall of Famer and I'm still fighting for it because I love the game and I love to play.

My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

I'm most proud of the fact I carried myself on and off the field consistently for what the NFL stands for.

Hopefully, my teammates will say that I was important and that I gave it everything and I didn't leave anything to chance my whole career. To be mentioned as Hall-worthy is a great thing.

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

Listen, I believe I should be winning Sport Personality of the Year because if it's about sporting achievements and it's about personality, then I'm a winner hands down.

I am extremely flattered to be chosen the 2012 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year from such an esteemed group of nominees.

Like I always say, the man makes the title; the title doesn't make the man.

Loyalty is a big part of football, and it shows if you are a real man or not.

There is an honor to what we do, and there are no shortcuts.

I've got the utmost respect for Azpilicueta as a player and a person.

Tom Brady is a person of great integrity and is a great ambassador of the game both on and off the field.

I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.

We will graduate our players, and we will do it all with integrity and with class.