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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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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Never
Life
Allow
Sports
Keep
Kids
Part
Anything
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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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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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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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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 love September, especially when we're in it.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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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'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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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