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
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More quotes by Willie Stargell
- I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
- I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
- There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
- Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
- 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.