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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've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
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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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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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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'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've always been a slave to my heart.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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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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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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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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