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.

Quote by Willie Stargell

Topics: Baseball Quotes

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

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

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both...

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both...

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important...

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important...

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

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

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our...

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our...

Never was I booed.

Never was I booed.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as...

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as...

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

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

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

To be successful, one must take chances.

To be successful, one must take chances.

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling...

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling...

Helping someone is what life is all about.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

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

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

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When...

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and...

I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and...

Life is one big transition.

Life is one big transition.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not...

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not...

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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

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

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until...

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until...