Ernie Banks

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

My long-range mission is to be the first athlete to win the Nobel Prize.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!

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

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.

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