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I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

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

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I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.

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As great a public speaker as I am, I don't know have - I don't - I don't have the words to describe Cub fans who welcomed me as a rookie, were patient through my 1-for-32 start, and took me into their homes and into their hearts and treated me like a member of their family. You picked me up when I was down.

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There were a lot of players who worked just as hard as I did, and if you didn't, you didn't stay in the big leagues.

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When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters.

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I played high school football at a hundred and eighty-five pounds and played big league baseball at a hundred and eighty-two. I'd get up to maybe 188 in the off-season because every summer I'd lose eight to ten pounds.

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My Hall of Fame speech was about respect for the game.

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I knew nothing about managing when I started.

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There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: September 18th, 1959

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