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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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 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 search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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