Willie Stargell Quotes
-
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
-
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
-
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
-
I've always been a slave to my heart.
-
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
-
I love September, especially when we're in it.
-
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
-
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
-
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
-
Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
-
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
-
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
-
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
-
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
-
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
-
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
-
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
-
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
-
It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
-
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
-
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
-
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
-
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.