Willie Stargell Quotes

A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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

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

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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

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

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

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

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

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life is one big transition.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

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

Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

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

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

Helping someone is what life is all about.

To be successful, one must take chances.

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

I've always been a slave to my heart.