Ernie Banks

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

“You must be a fan of the host team.”

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

“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”

“Awards mean nothing to me. I'm not thinking about them. I just want to be happy, and that's it.”

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

“The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.”

“What is life, without a dream?”

“Loyalty is a good thing for a person to have.”

“The great thing about this game is that the next day is a new day.”

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

“People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing baseball. The values I got are the same ones I got from my parents. The main one is just to be a good person.”

“To be a Cub is to be optimistic.”

“There's sunshine, there's a breeze, there's birds, there's green grass.”