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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
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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.
Willie Stargell
I love September, especially when we're in it.
Willie Stargell
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.
Willie Stargell
When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
Willie Stargell
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Willie Stargell
Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
Willie Stargell
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
Willie Stargell
You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.
Willie Stargell
I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
Willie Stargell
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
Willie Stargell
Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
Willie Stargell
The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
Willie Stargell
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
Willie Stargell
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
Willie Stargell
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
Willie Stargell
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
Willie Stargell
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
Willie Stargell
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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