Words matter. These are the best Ernie Banks Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame… Let’s play two!
I guess my critics say, ‘He must be crazy. Nothing can be that beautiful.’ But when you think that there are so many people around the world who have nothing, you realize how lucky you are to be making a living in the big leagues.
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.
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.
Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.
I thought talking to human beings was just something that could make things complicated and unpleasant. So I didn’t talk much. I just watched people.
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes.
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.
I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.
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.
I don’t try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.
Awards mean a lot, but they don’t say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.
I wanted to finish my career with one team, in one city, one mayor, one park, one owner. I did that. The Wrigleys owned the team. We played all of our home games at Wrigley Field during the daytime. So my career was very unique, and I am proud of it.
I like my players to be married and in debt. That’s the way you motivate them.
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.
It’s a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!
The Cubs are due in sixty-two.
It’s a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.
The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.
We lived near a supermarket, and whatever they threw away, we would get it, and my mother would make soup. Or she would get a big can of lard, a big can of meal, a big can of flour, a big can of beans, and fix the same meal for months.
Did you hear that? I didn’t hear anything. Put that question another way.
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.
No, I think the pitching today has more depth.
When you do things to try to help people and share things, it really comes back to you. I try to do that.
My theme is, ‘The spirit of friendship is the balance of life.’ Not money. Not the World Series. It’s friendship. The relationships I have with people, that’s enough to keep me happy.
