Ernie Banks

When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. ”

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

I didn't understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody. ”

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. ”

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. ”

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. ”

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

Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have. ”

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. ”