I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
More Quotes from 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
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.
Willie Stargell
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Willie Stargell
Never was I booed.
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
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
Willie Stargell
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