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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
Willie Stargell
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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.
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Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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