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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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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I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
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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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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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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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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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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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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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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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