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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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Life is one big transition.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
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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 would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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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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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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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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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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