Words matter. These are the best Wrigley Quotes from famous people such as Mike Quigley, Billy Corgan, Bonnie Hunt, Gabe Kapler, Ernie Banks, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Wrigley Field was built and designed at a time when people got to the ballpark by trolley, train, and horse cart.
I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.
I lived in an apartment near Wrigley Field.
If Coors Field is the flashy youngster, Wrigley is a wise and weathered, tattered, beat up old man, but rich in charisma and character.
Wrigley, beyond its status as a baseball icon, has an undeniable positive energy all its own, which penetrates all who enter its gates.
I think it can be very safe to go to O’Hare and Wrigley and Sox park and Soldier Field, but you have to deal with some reality. Just because a threat is not specific and verifiable doesn’t mean nearly what it used to mean, in terms of you being able to sleep well at night.
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.
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.
I worked at Goose Island Brewery, and I opened the one that was right by Wrigley Field, so I got to see all of the Cubs come through – it was insane on game days.
I love baseball history, and Wrigley Field is as good as it gets when it comes to that.
I believe that if the Tribune company ever tries to close down Wrigley Field that you will have a protest from every corner of the globe.
When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, ‘I’ll meet you at Ernie Banks’ statue.’ After Sept. 7, they’ll say, ‘I’ll meet you by Billy Williams’ statue.’
I lived in an apartment near Wrigley Field.
I’m a Chicago Cubs fan. I grew up in Libertyville, Illinois, and attended my first game at Wrigley Field when I was four.
I love Chicago. I love Wrigley Field.
The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was one of the best days of my life. And I owe them an awful lot.
When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, ‘I’ll meet you at Ernie Banks’ statue.’ After Sept. 7, they’ll say, ‘I’ll meet you by Billy Williams’ statue.’
Wrigley Field was built and designed at a time when people got to the ballpark by trolley, train, and horse cart.
I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field – where you could cut the humidity with a knife – and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn’t matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
I’d rather play a double-header than speak at a banquet, and if I went to Wrigley Field knowing I had to be somewhere two hours after the game, it would bother me all day.
In the ’60s, I sat with my dad in frozen Wrigley Field at Bears games.
When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
I’d never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
My first baseball game was a Cubs game at Wrigley Field… I really wanted to be a boy.
I’d rather play a double-header than speak at a banquet, and if I went to Wrigley Field knowing I had to be somewhere two hours after the game, it would bother me all day.
I’m a sucker for Wrigley, so I feel I’ll probably be a sucker for Fenway, too.
The clubhouses are pretty… uh… Outdated. You get pretty crammed in there for three or four days. But it still is one of those places where, for me, I look around and pinch myself just thinking, ‘I’m playing at Wrigley field.’
By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit’s baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium – a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.
I’m a sucker for Wrigley, so I feel I’ll probably be a sucker for Fenway, too.
If Coors Field is the flashy youngster, Wrigley is a wise and weathered, tattered, beat up old man, but rich in charisma and character.