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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. "
Willie Stargell
Who
Me
Owe
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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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" Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. "
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Life
Real
" I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh. "
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Reserve
Special
Place
" A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold. "
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Trophy
Wonderful
World
" Never was I booed. "
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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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Always
Life
" Life is one big transition. "
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Transition
Big
Life
" The bat is gone, but the smile remains. "
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Bat
Remains
" I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. "
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Applause
Deserve
Feel
" I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. "
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Outcast
Early
Indian
" I've always been a slave to my heart. "
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Slave
Heart
Always
" That's where the future lies, in the youth of today. "
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Future
Youth
Where
" I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience. "
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Learning
Proud
Experience
" Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child. "
Willie Stargell
Child
Knew
Pleasures
" I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider. "
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Always
Slider
Poor
" I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it. "
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Superior
Becomes
Athletes
" I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. "
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Heart
Life
My Life
" Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. "
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World
True
Realize
" Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. "
Willie Stargell
Relatives
Parents
Potential
" Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them. "
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Wounds
Them
Love
" They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square. "
Willie Stargell
Square
Bat
Ball
" 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. "
Willie Stargell
Think
Life
People
" I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium. "
Willie Stargell
Out
Fact
Dodger
" You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots. "
Willie Stargell
Years
Game
Only
" I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose. "
Willie Stargell
Faith
Search
Why
" Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom. "
Willie Stargell
Within
Your
You
" 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. "
Willie Stargell
Angry
Always
Think
" I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area. "
Willie Stargell
Left-Handed
Powerful
Hitter
" I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. "
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Could
Before
Walk
" Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion. "
Willie Stargell
Money
Baseball
Dream