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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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 flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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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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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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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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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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Life is one big transition.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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