You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

Quote by Willie Stargell

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

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

I've always been a slave to my heart.

I've always been a slave to my heart.

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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...

Life is one big transition.

Life is one big transition.

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...

I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they...

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they...

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...

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and...

I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and...

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

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

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...