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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It’s a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going. Ernie Banks Read Quote
Some people feel that because you are black you will never be treated fairly, and that you should voice your opinions, be militant about them. I don’t feel this way. You can’t convince a fool against his will. Ernie Banks Read Quote
I don’t think it’s up to black athletes to get involved in political or racial issues. Ernie Banks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We lived near a supermarket, and whatever they threw away, we would get it, and my mother would make soup. Or she would get a big can of lard, a big can of meal, a big can of flour, a big can of beans, and fix the same meal for months. Ernie Banks Read Quote
I thought talking to human beings was just something that could make things complicated and unpleasant. So I didn’t talk much. I just watched people. Ernie Banks Read Quote
