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."

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