I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop. – Willie Stargell
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience. – Willie Stargell
People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you cant think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can. – Willie Stargell
Youve got to honor your relationship with your audience – that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesnt mean you cant provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive. – David E. Kelley