Top 33 Willie Stargell Quotes

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.

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

To be successful, one must take chances.

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 flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

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.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.

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

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

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.

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

I don’t really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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

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

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

I love September, especially when we’re in it.

I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It’s not the home-run hitters.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

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.

Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

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

It’s supposed to be fun, the man says ‘Play Ball’ not ‘Work Ball’ you know.

Never was I booed.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.