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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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 love September, especially when we're in it.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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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.
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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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Life is one big transition.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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