"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. Make a great play? Act like you’ve done it before. Get a big hit? Look for the third base coach and get ready to run the bases. Hit a home run? Put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more; A lot more important than the name on the back. I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington, even though I was "All-City" in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State. 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." Ryne Sandberg.