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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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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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 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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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Life is one big transition.
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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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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When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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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