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Ernie Banks Quotes
"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."
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money."
"Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics."
"You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances
are you won't be happy anyplace."
...and about Ernie Banks:
"He never complained about his team's bad luck or bad talent, never stopped playing the game with joy,
never stopped giving his all, never lost his proud demeanor, and never acted like anything but a winner.
He was a symbol of the Cub fan's undiminishing resilience. If he could be happy to come to the park each
afternoon, then so could we."
During a Spring-training trip, the Cubs sopped on the way to Chicago to play an exhibition game in Oklahoma City.
In the airport lobby I spotted Ernie with his long arms wrapped around a statue. As I stoppeed next to him, he said,
"Here's my champion, Will Rogers. He never met a man he didn't like. Neither have I. What we have in this world now are a
lot more Will Rogerses."
"Ernie Banks is a beautiful man." |
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