“It was everyone going up there to swing for the fences, because the ho...” — Ryne Sandberg Quote

“It was everyone going up there to swing for the fences, because the home runs were what would get them on 'SportsCenter.' That really changed the mindset of the players.”

“My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.”

“I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.”

“When I came into the business, things changed a lot, and my life was in a real state of flux.”

“I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead.”

“When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit.”