Ernie Banks Quotes
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Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it.
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When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.
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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.
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You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.
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But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.
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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.
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It was about 105 degrees in Chicago. And that's a time when everybody gets tired. I came into the clubhouse, and everybody was sitting around, and I said, 'Beautiful day. Let's play two!' And everybody looked at me like I was crazy. There were a couple of writers around, and they wrote that, and it stayed with me.
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I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
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That's a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I'd look them in the eyes and say, 'God almighty, I wish I'd have been there.'
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Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
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Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.
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Everybody believed you had to have a big piece of lumber and then muscle the ball over the fence. But by the time I and Hank Aaron - another guy who did it with his wrists - were through, there were a lot of guys ordering light bats and playing handball.
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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.
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Some people feel that because you are black you will never be treated fairly, and that you should voice your opinions, be militant about them. I don't feel this way. You can't convince a fool against his will.
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It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!
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I meet a lot of people that grew up with my career and have retired, and I just want to talk to them. I like to get a feeling from them, a feeling of the old times.
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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.
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I'd like to get to the last game of the World Series at Wrigley Field and hit three homers. That was what I always wanted to do.
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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.
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The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.
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The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
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When you do things to try to help people and share things, it really comes back to you. I try to do that.
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It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!
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Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.