Ernie Banks Quotes
"Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Business, Old, Talking, Today)
"No, I think the pitching today has more depth."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Today)
"People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: People, Values, Patience, Years)
"The Cubs are due in sixty-two."
- Ernie Banks
"The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."
- Ernie Banks
"When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Taxes)
"Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Life, Work, Day, Passion)
"You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Happiness)
"Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Friendship, Thought, Wealth, Loyalty)
"During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Time, Strategy, Today)
"The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine."
- Ernie Banks
"It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Life, Energy, Philosophy)
"It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!"
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Day, Play)
"It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!"
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Day, Play)
"It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Information)
"I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Car)
"I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Business, Work, Career, Loyalty)
"Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Question)
"But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Friendship, People, Right)
"Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: People, Awards, Baseball, Statistics)
"Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing it. And I do some work for the Cubs, in community relations."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Work, Business, Friend, Community, Open, Years)
"I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them."
- Ernie Banks
(Related: Debt)