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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.
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
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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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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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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'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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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 was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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