Willie Stargell Quotes

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Willie Stargell

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : March 6, 1940

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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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.

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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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Life is one big transition.

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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

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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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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.

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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 gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

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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 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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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

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I've always been a slave to my heart.

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