Willie Stargell
Willie Stargell
Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell, nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseballcareeras the left fielder and first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League. Over his 21-year career with the Pirates, he batted .282, with 2,232 hits, 423 doubles, 475 home runs and 1,540 runs batted in, helping his team capture six National League East division titles, two National League pennants and two World...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth6 March 1940
CityEarlsboro, OK
CountryUnited States of America
Willie Stargell quotes about
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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.
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.