Ernie Banks

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.

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

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

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'