Willie Stargell Quotes
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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 never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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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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Life is one big transition.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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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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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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 would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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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've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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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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