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 Copy Share Image
Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
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… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10 years, am still doing… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
