Willie Stargell Quotes - Page 2

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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.

Willie Stargell

Sports, Player, Balls

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Don't be sharp or flat; just be natural.

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Motivational, Sports, Natural

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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.

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Sports, Children, Team

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You only have a few years to play this game and you can't play it if you're all tied up in knots.

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Sports, Years, Games

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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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Mistake, Needs, News

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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.

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Real, Cities, Long

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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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Friends, Sports, Fun

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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

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Oakland, Cities, Atmosphere

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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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Smile, Sports, Bats

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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.

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Sports, World, Trophies

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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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Sports, Baseball, Mother

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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

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Baseball, Retirement, Jobs

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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

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Sports, Kids, Important

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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.

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Stars, Situation, Appropriate

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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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Sports, Writing, Shows

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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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Sports, Baseball, Thinking

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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

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Sports, Baseball, Dream

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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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Success, Player, Stewardship

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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.

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Sports, Heart, Special

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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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Sports, Applause, Feels

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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

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Sports, Teammate, Quiet

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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

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Sports, Powerful, Lefties

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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.

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Sports, Self, Poor

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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

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Sports, Children, Simple

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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.

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Sports, Men, Games

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Born: March 6, 1940
Died: April 9, 2001
Occupation: Baseball player
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