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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
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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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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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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 proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
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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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