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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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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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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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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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 was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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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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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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