Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold. "
Willie Stargell
Trophy
Wonderful
World
Related Quotes:
" I've always been a slave to my heart. "
Willie Stargell
Slave
Heart
Always
" To be successful, one must take chances. "
Willie Stargell
Chance
Must
Successful
" 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
Angry
Always
Think
" We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. "
Willie Stargell
Ball
Take
Good
" I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself. "
Willie Stargell
Stars
Itself
Out
" Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child. "
Willie Stargell
Child
Knew
Pleasures
" To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed. "
Willie Stargell
May
Parents
Project
" 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
Said
Time
Retire
" Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. "
Willie Stargell
Relatives
Parents
Potential
" That's where the future lies, in the youth of today. "
Willie Stargell
Future
Youth
Where
" 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
Years
Game
Only
" Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. "
Willie Stargell
Pampered
Life
Real
" To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything. "
Willie Stargell
Baseball
Always
Life
" Helping someone is what life is all about. "
Willie Stargell
Life
About
Helping
" 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
Baseball
Mother
Nature
" I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. "
Willie Stargell
Outcast
Early
Indian
" I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance. "
Willie Stargell
Out
Go
Drinking
" The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park. "
Willie Stargell
Giants
Good
Park
" Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. "
Willie Stargell
World
True
Realize
" We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto. "
Willie Stargell
Our
Season
Tribute
" When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played. "
Willie Stargell
Us
News
Reporter
" I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose. "
Willie Stargell
Faith
Search
Why
" It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know. "
Willie Stargell
You
Fun
Know
" I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh. "
Willie Stargell
Reserve
Special
Place
" Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them. "
Willie Stargell
Wounds
Them
Love
" 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
Think
Life
People
" My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica. "
Willie Stargell
Retirement
Baseball
After
" I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. "
Willie Stargell
Applause
Deserve
Feel
" There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street. "
Willie Stargell
Smile
Friends And Family
Family
" I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person. "
Willie Stargell
Who
Me
Owe