Ryne Sandberg Quotes

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.

I didn't know if I could make it to the big leagues without going through Triple-A.

Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

Once you make the majors, it's never a great feeling to go back to the minors - no matter what the circumstances.

When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.

I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.

I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.

I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

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

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

Even though it feels like you are so far away from the big leagues, my love for the game kept me motivated to get through the hard times in the minors.

The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves.

Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball.

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.

Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

During the years I was still playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came, I had the experience without having to go to the minor leagues for four or five years and then wait for an opportunity. Still, there's a double standard. Some whites, like Pete Rose, Joe Torre and Ted Williams, never had to go to the minors.

Every college player thinks they're on their way. But, delusions aside, I might have toiled in the minor leagues for a bit.

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

I would like to play for a club who I feel have true ambition.