Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again..

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….

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched..

Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it..

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, ….

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine..

No, I think the pitching today has more depth..

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money..

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 f….

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have..

I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business..

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going..

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics..

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 ….

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes..

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 abo….

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them..

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace..

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way..

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right..