#ball

The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have shrunk because the equipment has gotten better. They're hitting the ball 10 to 15 percent farther because of the changes in the golf ball. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#ball #because #better #changes #competition

It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#fun #know #man #play #says

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

#before #could #forced #found #i

I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#completely #dodger #fact #hit #i

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

#afraid #ball #baseball #been #else

Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#born #gift #given #god #instinctive

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

— Willie Stargell

#always #baseball #been #everything #life

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#baseball #eastman #first #job #narrator

They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#bat #give #hit #round #square

We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#batting #becoming #bleed #devote #entire