Top 25 Most Famous Ernie Banks Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 10 Most Famous Ernie Banks Quotes (BEST)

“I’m different from those that swing hard. Can’t follow the pitch if I try to slug. I whip the bat with my wrists, with a snap. This way I can wait longer to swing.”
Ernie Banks

It's a beautiful day for a ballgame… Let's play two! — It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame… Let’s play two!

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. — 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. — Work? I never worked a day in my **life**. I always loved what I was doing, had a **passion** for it.

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

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

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

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

For one thing, I want to make sure that the elevated always stops at Wrigley Field.

5 Inspirational Ernie Banks Quotes on Friendships (LOYALTY)

“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

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

“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

When you do things to try to help people and share things, it really comes back to you. I try to do that.

8 Ernie Banks Quotes on Baseball (CUBS)

“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.”
Ernie Banks

I don't try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits. — I don’t try to hit home runs. I just try to meet the ball and get base hits.

“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

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.

“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