Ernie Banks Quotes


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.


Citations

Banks, Ernie. Interview by Academy of Achievement. Academy of Achievement, 10 June 1993, www.achievement.org/achiever/ernie-banks/.

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Ernie Banks
Ernie Banks
  • Born: January 31, 1931
  • Died: January 23, 2015
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

Ernest Banks, nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between 1953 and 1971. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, and was named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.