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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
Flat
Flats
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Motivational
Sports
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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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 love September, especially when we're in it.
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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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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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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Life is one big transition.
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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'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 always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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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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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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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 always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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 don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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