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Willie Stargell
American
Athlete
About the author
I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
#God
#Heart
#Man
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Experience
#Learning
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Applause
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,
American
Athlete
#Time
#Crowds
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
#Tests
Helping someone is what life is all about.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#God
#Baseball
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#World
I love September, especially when we're in it.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Love
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Love
#Violence
#Wounds
#Hatred
The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Enemy
#Giants
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Smile
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Today
#Youth
#Future
#Lies
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Forget
#Athletes
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,
American
Athlete
#Life
#People
#Baseball
#Future
Never was I booed.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Dance
#Body
#Drinking
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#First
#Job
#Retirement
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Heart
Life is one big transition.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Freedom
#Judgment
#Limitations
#Comparisons
It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Fun
#Man
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Writing
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Athletes
I've always been a slave to my heart.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Heart
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Fact
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.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Home
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Nothing
#Family
#Smile
#Friends
#Value
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Fun
#Friends
#Projects
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Mistake
#News
To be successful, one must take chances.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Successful
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
#Baseball
#Reflection
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Children
#May
#Parents
#Project
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Parents
#Potential
#Feelings
#Relatives
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Nothing
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#World
#Home
#Vietnam
#Heroes
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Practice
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,
American
Athlete
#Years
#Play
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Tribute
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,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#Play
#Mother
#Nature
#Race
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Years
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Poor
#Self
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Love
#People
#Work
#Jobs
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Success
I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Reason
#Purpose
#Faith
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Life
#Kids
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Men
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#Money
#Dream
#Opinion
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
Willie Stargell,
American
Athlete
#Stars