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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'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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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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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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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 was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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Life is one big transition.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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