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

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

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

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.

Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.

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