Willie Stargell Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

Baseball Heart Running Smile Sports

I've always been a slave to my heart.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Heart, Slave
To be successful, one must take chances.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Successful, Chance
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Hatred, Violence
I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

Willie Stargell

Faith, Sports, Purpose
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Baseball, Squares
Life is one big transition.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Transition, Life Is
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Kids, Important
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Real, Later In Life
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Baseball, Dream
Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

Willie Stargell

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

Willie Stargell

Sports, Children, Team
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.

Willie Stargell

Friends, Sports, Fun
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Judgment, Traps
I see a lot of people who love their jobs.
I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.

Willie Stargell

Smile, Sports, Jobs
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

Sports, Baseball, Thinking
I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Heart, Men
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Pregnancy, Parent
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Baseball, Born
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Heart, Special
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

Willie Stargell

Smile, Sports, Bats
I love September, especially when we're in it.

Willie Stargell

Sports, September
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Applause, Feels
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Hands, Arms
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.

Willie Stargell

Dance, Sports, Drinking
I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Baseball, Mother

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Born: March 6, 1940
Died: April 9, 2001
Occupation: Baseball player
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