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" We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto. "
Willie Stargell
Our
Season
Tribute
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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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" We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed. "
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Ball
Take
Good
" Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects. "
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Never
Did
Friends
" Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God. "
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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. "
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Life
People
" I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life. "
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Me
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" Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them. "
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Wounds
Them
Love
" I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it. "
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Superior
Becomes
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" To be successful, one must take chances. "
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Chance
Must
Successful
" Life is one big transition. "
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Big
Life
" A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold. "
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Trophy
Wonderful
World
" I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian. "
Willie Stargell
Outcast
Early
Indian
" 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
" Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere. "
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Nothing
Field
Match
" 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
" Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings. "
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Human
Athletes
Forget
" I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop. "
Willie Stargell
Baseball
Mother
Nature
" Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life. "
Willie Stargell
Pampered
Life
Real
" I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk. "
Willie Stargell
Could
Before
Walk
" I've always been a slave to my heart. "
Willie Stargell
Slave
Heart
Always
" Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child. "
Willie Stargell
Child
Knew
Pleasures
" 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
" Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom. "
Willie Stargell
Within
Your
You
" I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience. "
Willie Stargell
Learning
Proud
Experience
" I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area. "
Willie Stargell
Left-Handed
Powerful
Hitter
" Helping someone is what life is all about. "
Willie Stargell
Life
About
Helping
" It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know. "
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You
Fun
Know
" I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life. "
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Heart
Life
My Life
" To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything. "
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Baseball
Always
Life
" I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work. "
Willie Stargell
Love
People
Work