Willie Stargell

Helping someone is what life is all about.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

Life is one big transition.

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.

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.

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.