But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right. |
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. |
It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two! |
Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have. Topics: Friendship |
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. |
The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money. |
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. |
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. |
The Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine. |
Work? I never worked a day in my life. I always loved what I was doing, had a passion for it. |
It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going. |
No, I think the pitching today has more depth. |