Top 62 Quotes About Willie Stargell: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Willie Stargell

#1. Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

#2. One of the reasons I appreciate being in a Pirates uniform is the greats who have worn it in the past. There was Bill Mazeroski hitting the walk-off home run to win the World Series. There was Roberto Clemente wearing the number 21. There was Pops: Willie Stargell. There was Dave Parker: Cobra.

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#3. He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.

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

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#5. My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

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#6. Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

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#7. Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

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

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#9. I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

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#10. I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

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#11. The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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

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#13. I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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#14. Never was I booed.

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

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#16. I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

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

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#18. Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

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

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

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#22. We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.

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

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

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

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#26. I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.

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#27. I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.

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#28. There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

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#29. 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.

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

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#31. Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

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#32. I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

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#33. When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

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#34. Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.

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#35. I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

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#36. Helping someone is what life is all about.

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#37. 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.

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#38. When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.

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#39. To be successful, one must take chances.

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#40. I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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#41. Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

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#42. Life is one big transition.

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

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

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#45. 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.

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