Quotes By Willie Stargell

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

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

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

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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.

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

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

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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

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

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

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Never was I booed.

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

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