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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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 was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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 loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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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 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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Life is one big transition.
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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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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
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