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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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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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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.
Willie Stargell
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
Willie Stargell
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
Willie Stargell
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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.
Willie Stargell
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
Willie Stargell
Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
Willie Stargell
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Willie Stargell
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
Willie Stargell
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Willie Stargell
When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
Willie Stargell
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
Willie Stargell
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
Willie Stargell
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
Willie Stargell
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
Willie Stargell
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
Willie Stargell
