Ron Santo Quotes

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Ron Santo

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 25, 1940

The last thing I want is to die and then be put into the Hall of Fame. It's not because I won't be there to enjoy it, exactly. It's because I want to enjoy it with family and friends and fans. I want to see them enjoy it.

Ron Santo

I'm a Cub fan, and I sit up here and I know when we have a good team, I know when we're struggling, and it affects me just like any other fan, and I just happen to show it on the radio. I can't help it.

Ron Santo

Every player had a roommate for out-of-town games, so I had to slip into the bathroom early each morning and secretly take my insulin injection. I feared that if the Cubs found out and I slumped badly, they would attribute it to the diabetes and send me back to the minors - or worse, release me.

Ron Santo

I'm a Cubbie. I'll always be a Cubbie.

Ron Santo

I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up.

Ron Santo

I've been a Cub all my life. I came up here when I was 20 years old and spent my whole career here in Chicago. I've always been an optimist; I believe you have to be in order to survive, to be honest with you - in health, with what I've been through. That's the way I am.

Ron Santo

I think I've inspired a lot of people, and I'm one, if I get a letter and someone's in serious shape, I'll call them. I relate to these people.

Ron Santo

I believe very strongly - and I never brought this up as a player - but I put up, I feel, Hall of Fame numbers with diabetes. If I didn't have diabetes - nobody realizes that, when I was diagnosed at 18, even the doctors didn't know what to do about diabetes.

Ron Santo

I'm the perfect candidate to be affected by SARS. I'm highly susceptible to infections.

Ron Santo

We're getting closer. I believe a 5-year-old with diabetes will live long enough to be cured.

Ron Santo