"I was in awe every time I walked on to the field"
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"I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game."
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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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"The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played."
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"I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college"
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"I got into pro ball at 18 and played until I was almost 39, non-stop."
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"At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie."
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"I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies."
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"I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that."
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"If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors."
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"In my day, if a guy came to spring training 20 pounds heavier than what he left, he was considered out of shape and was probably in trouble."
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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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"When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?"
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"Baseball wasn't easy for me."
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"I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers"
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"No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. Hes the best Ive ever seen."
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