Ernie Banks Quotes

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.
Ernie Banks

Friendship, Loyalty, Thought

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

Happiness, Happy, Yourself

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.
Ernie Banks

Friendship, Down, Treating

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
Ernie Banks

Married, Debt, Players

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!
Ernie Banks

Great, Game, Two

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
Ernie Banks

Sports, Good, Lose

It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!
Ernie Banks

Beautiful, Two, Play

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

Work, Business, Loyalty

Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.
Ernie Banks

Life, Work, Passion

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.
Ernie Banks

Morning, Taxes, Wake

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

Work, Business, Moving

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
Ernie Banks

Mean, Baseball, Statistics

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.
Ernie Banks

Put, Another, Question

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

Time, Today, Long

I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.
Ernie Banks

Car, Stock, Insure

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

Different, Playing, Player

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.
Ernie Banks

Life, Philosophy, Enough

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

Business, Today, Put

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.
Ernie Banks

Today, Depth, Pitching

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

Patience, Days, Playing

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.
Ernie Banks

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
Ernie Banks

Shine, Gonna, Cubs

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.
Ernie Banks

Money, Game, Riches

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Born: January 31, 1931

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