Quotes By Willie Stargell
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
Willie Stargell
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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.
Willie Stargell
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Willie Stargell
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
Willie Stargell
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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.
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.
Willie Stargell
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
Willie Stargell
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
Willie Stargell
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
Willie Stargell