Quotes By Willie Stargell
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
Willie Stargell
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
Willie Stargell
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Willie Stargell
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
Willie Stargell
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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
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
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
Willie Stargell
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Willie Stargell
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
Willie Stargell