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