The Cubs are due in sixty-two.

- Ernie Banks

I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.

- Ernie Banks

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

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

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

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

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

- Ernie Banks

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.

- Ernie Banks

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

- Ernie Banks

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

- Ernie Banks

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

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

- Ernie Banks

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

- Ernie Banks

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.

- Ernie Banks

But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.

- Ernie Banks

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

Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics.

- Ernie Banks

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

It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!

- Ernie Banks

Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it.

- Ernie Banks