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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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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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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 search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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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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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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 wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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