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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It's a great day for a ball game let's play two - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
After three years in banking, I went into the insurance business. Equitable Life Insurance. I spent two years selling life insurance. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Did you hear that I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Buffett invited me to a golf tournament in Omaha and I went to play in it, and we became friends. And he invited me to his stockholders meeting. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The Cubs are due in sixty-two. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Yes, he is. Being with him and seeing him play in this city and being around him to see how he played, he hustled, his love for the game, the way he responded to people was a big inspiration to me. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Work I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational 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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
It was a wonderful play, and I was just enthusiastic about the Cubs playing well and getting the chance to come back, which they eventually did. I forgot about the rule. The man was very nice about it. I don't think he knew who I was, but I said I was sorry. I should have known. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
Just follow Buck O'Neil. This man is a leader, he's a genius. He understands people. He understands life. He will keep this going. He never gives up on situations he believes in. He's not discouraged about any of this. He believes he came along at the right time and is doing the right thing. He started the Negro League Museum in Kansas City. That was his goal, his mission, and many people resented that. But he stayed on course with his situations. All of us should learn from this man. He's an ambassador, he's a humanitarian. We should follow him and see what he has to say. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money. - Ernie Banks Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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 Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes
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