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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

No, I think the pitching today has more depth.

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

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

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.

The Cubs are due in sixty-two.

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.

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

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

The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

It was about 105 degrees in Chicago. And that's a time when everybody gets tired. I came into the clubhouse, and everybody was sitting around, and I said, 'Beautiful day. Let's play two!' And everybody looked at me like I was crazy. There were a couple of writers around, and they wrote that, and it stayed with me.

The only way to prove that youre a good sport is to lose.

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Patience is the best medicine.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.