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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. "
Willie Stargell
Square
Bat
Ball
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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 bat is gone, but the smile remains. "
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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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" Never was I booed. "
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" I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider. "
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" Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere. "
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" I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. "
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" I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. "
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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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" I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line. "
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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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" If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article. "
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" I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. "
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Before
Walk
" The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park. "
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Good
Park
" Life is one big transition. "
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Big
Life
" I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it. "
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Becomes
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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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Fact
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" I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work. "
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Love
People
Work
" I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area. "
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Left-Handed
Powerful
Hitter
" Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. "
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True
Realize
" We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto. "
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Our
Season
Tribute
" My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica. "
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Retirement
Baseball
After
" 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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Think
Life
People
" I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance. "
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Out
Go
Drinking
" I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life. "
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Life
Me
Never
" 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 gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself. "
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Stars
Itself
Out
" Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers. "
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Parents
Potential
" Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. "
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Life
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