Ernie Banks Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von Ernie Banks:

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

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

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.

Ernie Banks

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.

Ernie Banks

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

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.

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

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

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

Ernie Banks

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

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

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

Ernie Banks

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.

Ernie Banks

During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but today they have a lot of depth. They have a lot of long relievers, short relievers, and the strategy is different.

Ernie Banks

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

Ernie Banks

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

Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.

Ernie Banks

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.

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business.

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

Playing for the Kansas City Monarchs was like my school, my learning, my world. It was my whole life.

Ernie Banks

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

Ernie Banks

Everybody believed you had to have a big piece of lumber and then muscle the ball over the fence. But by the time I and Hank Aaron - another guy who did it with his wrists - were through, there were a lot of guys ordering light bats and playing handball.

Ernie Banks

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 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.

Ernie Banks