Willie Stargell Quotes

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

- Willie Stargell

Family, More, Pass, Closeness

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

- Willie Stargell

Practice, Batting, Devote, Bleed

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

- Willie Stargell

Most Powerful, Most, Area, Left-Handed

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

- Willie Stargell

Special, Always, Pittsburgh, Reserve

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

- Willie Stargell

World, Series, Behold

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

- Willie Stargell

Fail, Witnessed, Superior, Hitters

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

- Willie Stargell

World, Vietnam, Really, Hitters

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

- Willie Stargell

Baseball, Job, After, Narrator

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

- Willie Stargell

Freedom, Judgment, Within, Traps

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

- Willie Stargell

Often, Peers, Inner Feelings, Relatives

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

- Willie Stargell

Motion, Before, Throwing, Arm

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

- Willie Stargell

City, Field, Atmosphere, Oakland

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

- Willie Stargell

Money, Dream, Amount, Sway

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

- Willie Stargell

Proud, Ball, Hit, Stadium

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

- Willie Stargell

Love, Hatred, Wounds, Deepen

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

- Willie Stargell

Enemy, Biggest, Were, Giants

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

- Willie Stargell

Like, Shows, His, Article

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

- Willie Stargell

Deserve, Feel, Really, Applause

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

- Willie Stargell

Game, Loved, Hit, Base

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

- Willie Stargell

Love, Smiling, Some, Collectors

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

- Willie Stargell

Silent, Patch, Deceased, Season

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

- Willie Stargell

Outcast, Part, Bred, Indian

Life is one big transition.

- Willie Stargell

Life, Big, Transition

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

- Willie Stargell

Never, Projects, Had, So Much Fun

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

- Willie Stargell

Always, Crowds, Would, Tip

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

- Willie Stargell

Real, Come, Lord, Pampered

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

- Willie Stargell

Appropriate, Itself, Presented

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

- Willie Stargell

Love, I Love, September

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

- Willie Stargell

Reflection, Always, Been, Adjust

To be successful, one must take chances.

- Willie Stargell

Chance, Must, Take, Chances

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

- Willie Stargell

Poor, Always, Slider

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

- Willie Stargell

Part, Joe, Large, Helped

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.

- Willie Stargell

Run, Him, Hitting, Amazed

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

- Willie Stargell

Mistake, News, Badly, Reporter

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

- Willie Stargell

Give, Ball, Square, Bat

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

- Willie Stargell

Smile, Gone, Remains, Bat

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

- Willie Stargell

Game, Play, Tied, Few

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

- Willie Stargell

Gift, Within, Given, Instinctive

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

- Willie Stargell

Middle-Class, May, Seemed, Unfit

I've always been a slave to my heart.

- Willie Stargell

Heart, Always, Been, Slave

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

- Willie Stargell

Work, Play, Ball, Supposed

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

- Willie Stargell

Simple, Knew, Were, Pleasures

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

- Willie Stargell

Forget, Often, Reporters, Athletes

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

- Willie Stargell

Nature, Play, Race, Baseball

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.

- Willie Stargell

Think, Been, Hang, Baseball

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

- Willie Stargell

My Life, Part, Allow, Important Part

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

- Willie Stargell

Body, Loved, Go, Drinking

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

- Willie Stargell

Future, Today, Where, Lies

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

- Willie Stargell

Proud, Became, Each One, Learning Experience

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

- Willie Stargell

Purpose, Reason, Never, Search

Helping someone is what life is all about.

- Willie Stargell

Life, Someone, About, Helping

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

- Willie Stargell

Heart, Man, My Life, Worships

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