I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
Willie Stargell

I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
Willie Stargell

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

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

I've always been a slave to my heart.
Willie Stargell

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

If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Willie Stargell

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
Willie Stargell

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

Life is one big transition.
Willie Stargell

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
Willie Stargell

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

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

Never was I booed.
Willie Stargell

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

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

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

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
Willie Stargell

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
Willie Stargell

That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
Willie Stargell