Ernie Banks Quotes

Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks
American Athlete
Born: Jan 31, 1931
Died: Jan 23, 2015
Day Game Life Me People You
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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. Ernie Banks
Happiness You Be Happy Happy Yourself Try Must Generate Within Place Chances
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 Me Wealth Thought Same Which Created Ever
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. Ernie Banks
Life Friendship Me Balance Happy People World Money Enough Relationships Spirit Theme Series Keep World Series
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 Loyalty Business Saw Wrigley Wins Him Learned His Friendships Creates Early Career
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. Ernie Banks
Home Field Our City Finish Park Wrigley Daytime Proud Am Very Did Owned Owner Mayor Wanted Games Team Unique Played Career
I hit a home run in my first game, and they told me to go into the stands and pass my cap around. I made six dollars in nickels, dimes, and quarters. Ernie Banks
Home Me Game Made First Run Around Pass Quarters Go Dollars Hit Six Cap Home Run Stands
The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money. Ernie Banks
Game Money Thrills Riches
Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way. Ernie Banks
You Way Put Another Another Way Hear Question Did Anything
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. Ernie Banks
You Way Married Like Motivate Debt Them Players
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
Me You Would Would-Be About Know Because How Lot Pitchers Situations Pitching Different Information Certain Player Playing Need
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
Today Business Way Carried One Thing Stay About Wrigley He Put Talking His Eggs Your Old-Fashioned Old-Fashioned Way Believed Thing Watch Basket
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 Day Passion My Life Never Had Always Doing Loved Worked
I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico. Ernie Banks
Car Own Also Insure Stock
I don't think it's up to black athletes to get involved in political or racial issues. Ernie Banks
Political Black Think Athletes Involved Issues Up Get Racial
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. Ernie Banks
People Complicated Thought Unpleasant Something Could Talk Make Talking Human Just Human Beings Just Something Much Beings Things Watched
Playing for the Kansas City Monarchs was like my school, my learning, my world. It was my whole life. Ernie Banks
Life Learning World School City Like Kansas Kansas City Whole Monarchs Playing
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. Ernie Banks
People Old Feeling Meet Retired Like Talk Lot Up Times Get Just Want Grew Them Career

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