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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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 never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
Willie Stargell
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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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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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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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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