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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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
Sports
Wonderful
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World
Trophy
Trophies
Behold
Series

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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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 loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
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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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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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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 devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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Life is one big transition.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
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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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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've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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