“I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.”
The New York Times (April 11, 1976).
Ernest "Ernie" Banks, soprannominato Mr. Cub e Mr. Sunshine , è stato un giocatore di baseball statunitense di ruolo interbase e prima base che ha giocato per tutta la carriera con i Chicago Cubs della Major League Baseball . È stato inserito nella National Baseball Hall of Fame nel 1977. Wikipedia
“I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.”
The New York Times (April 11, 1976).
“Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.”
Sports Illustrated (August 23, 1982).
“It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!”
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum :: Born to Play Ball – Shortstops, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 2008-12-09 http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/exhibits/2008-born_to_play_ball/shortstops.php,
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum :: Born to Play Ball – Shortstops, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 2008-12-09 http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/exhibits/2008-born_to_play_ball/shortstops.php,
“Baseball reveals character; golf exposes it”
http://www.sportsfeelgoodstories.com/sport-quotes/sports-quotes/golf-quotes/10/21/2011.
Responding to the question, "Who was the toughest pitcher you faced during your career, and why was he a special problem for you?"; as quoted in "Hall of Famers Name Their Toughest Diamond Foes" by William Guilfoile, in The 1991 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Yearbook; reprinted in Baseball Digest (August 1992), p. 28
“The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.”
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum :: Born to Play Ball – Shortstops, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 2008-12-09 http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/exhibits/2008-born_to_play_ball/shortstops.php,
also in Bill Adler, Baseball Wit (New York: Crown, 1986).