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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.