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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.
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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More quotes by Willie Stargell
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Willie Stargell
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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
Willie Stargell
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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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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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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Life is one big transition.
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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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