Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

Quote by Willie Stargell

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I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely...

I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely...

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...

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...

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

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

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

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 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...

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

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

Never was I booed.

Never was I booed.

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

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

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

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

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

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...

I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors...

I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors...

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...

To be successful, one must take chances.

To be successful, one must take chances.

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in...

Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in...

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as...

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as...

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

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

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years...

I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years...