Willie Stargell Quotes

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Willie Stargell

Profession : Baseball Player

Birth : March 6, 1940

Helping someone is what life is all about.

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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.

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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

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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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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.

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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

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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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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

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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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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 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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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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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Never was I booed.

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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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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.

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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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