Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
Willie Stargell
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
Early
Part
Years
Outcast
Bred
Negro
Indian
Raised
More quotes by Willie Stargell
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
Willie Stargell
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
Willie Stargell
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
Willie Stargell
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
Willie Stargell
Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
Willie Stargell
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
Willie Stargell
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
Willie Stargell
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Willie Stargell
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
Willie Stargell
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
I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
Willie Stargell
Life is one big transition.
Willie Stargell
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
Willie Stargell
Helping someone is what life is all about.
Willie Stargell
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
Willie Stargell
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
Willie Stargell
I've always been a slave to my heart.
Willie Stargell
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
Willie Stargell