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" Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. "
Willie Stargell
God
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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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" My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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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