Willie Stargell Quotes (53 Quotes)

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

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

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

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

Life is one big transition.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

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

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

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

Helping someone is what life is all about.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

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

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.

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

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

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

To be successful, one must take chances.

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

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

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

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

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

I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.

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

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

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

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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

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

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

Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

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

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

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

I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.

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

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.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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

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

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

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

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

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

Never was I booed.

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