I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
— Willie Stargell
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
Helping someone is what life is all about.
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
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.
I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
Never was I booed.
I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
To be successful, one must take chances.
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
I've always been a slave to my heart.
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
Life is one big transition.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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.
