Top 61 Quotes & Sayings by Willie Stargell
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American baseball player Willie Stargell.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
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 owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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.
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
To be successful, one must take chances.
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Helping someone is what life is all about.
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
Life is one big transition.
I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
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 never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
Never was I booed.
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
I've always been a slave to my heart.
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 love September, especially when we're in it.
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs.
I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.
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.
When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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