Willie Stargell Quotes

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played... view

By: Willie Stargell

To be successful, one must take chances... view

By: Willie Stargell

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything... view

By: Willie Stargell

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed... view

By: Willie Stargell

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers... view

By: Willie Stargell

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere... view

By: Willie Stargell

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters... view

By: Willie Stargell

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed... view

By: Willie Stargell

You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots... view

By: Willie Stargell

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square... view

By: Willie Stargell

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto... view

By: Willie Stargell

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop... view

By: Willie Stargell

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area... view

By: Willie Stargell

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian... view

By: Willie Stargell

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider... view

By: Willie Stargell

I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work... view

By: Willie Stargell

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person... view

By: Willie Stargell

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose... view

By: Willie Stargell

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life... view

By: Willie Stargell

I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line... view

By: Willie Stargell

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion... view

By: Willie Stargell

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself... view

By: Willie Stargell

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life... view

By: Willie Stargell

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk... view

By: Willie Stargell

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience... view

By: Willie Stargell

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause... view

By: Willie Stargell

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds... view

By: Willie Stargell

Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life... view

By: Willie Stargell

Helping someone is what life is all about... view

By: Willie Stargell

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God... view

By: Willie Stargell

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold... view

By: Willie Stargell

I love September, especially when we're in it... view

By: Willie Stargell

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them... view

By: Willie Stargell

The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park... view

By: Willie Stargell

The bat is gone, but the smile remains... view

By: Willie Stargell

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today... view

By: Willie Stargell

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child... view

By: Willie Stargell

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings... view

By: Willie Stargell

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can... view

By: Willie Stargell

Never was I booed... view

By: Willie Stargell

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance... view

By: Willie Stargell

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica... view

By: Willie Stargell