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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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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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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds.
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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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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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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 was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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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'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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