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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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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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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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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 found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
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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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Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
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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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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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