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" I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance. "
Willie Stargell
Out
Go
Drinking
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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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" I love September, especially when we're in it. "
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Love
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September
" I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose. "
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Faith
Search
Why
" I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience. "
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Proud
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" I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself. "
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" Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion. "
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Baseball
Dream
" I've always been a slave to my heart. "
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Slave
Heart
Always
" I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line. "
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Line
Men
" Helping someone is what life is all about. "
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About
Helping
" 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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Mother
Nature
" I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. "
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Heart
Life
My Life
" 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
" The bat is gone, but the smile remains. "
Willie Stargell
Gone
Bat
Remains
" Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. "
Willie Stargell
God
Baseball
Born
" 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 was always a self-proclaimed poor slider. "
Willie Stargell
Always
Slider
Poor
" Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. "
Willie Stargell
Pampered
Life
Real
" 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've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it. "
Willie Stargell
Superior
Becomes
Athletes
" I always said that when it was time to retire, I would know it, and I would just tip my hat to the crowds. "
Willie Stargell
Said
Time
Retire
" A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold. "
Willie Stargell
Trophy
Wonderful
World
" Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. "
Willie Stargell
World
True
Realize
" There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street. "
Willie Stargell
Smile
Friends And Family
Family
" Never was I booed. "
Willie Stargell
Never
" Life is one big transition. "
Willie Stargell
Transition
Big
Life
" I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. "
Willie Stargell
Outcast
Early
Indian
" The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park. "
Willie Stargell
Giants
Good
Park
" I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. "
Willie Stargell
Could
Before
Walk
" I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. "
Willie Stargell
Applause
Deserve
Feel
" To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed. "
Willie Stargell
May
Parents
Project