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.

The measure of a man is in the lives he’s touched.

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

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 Cubs are gonna shine in sixty-nine.

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

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

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

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.

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

Crap talk

remember... the picture should tell a story in itself, and should have a spontaneous approach

We must beware of needless innovations especially when guided by logic.

Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.

Equality under the law is the slow triumph of hope over history.

But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.

I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics.

I don't have any hobbies! I don't golf, I can't imagine what I would do if I retired other than get fat.

You're not really going to know what a place is like 'til you've lived there a few years - you sort of just have to go with your gut.