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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
- Willie Stargell
#Child
#Knew
#Pleasures
#Simple
#Were
I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
- Willie Stargell
#Game
#Hit
#Line
#Loved
#Men
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
#Afraid
#Future
#Life
#Long
#People
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
- Willie Stargell
#Feelings
#Parents
#Potential
#Relatives
I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
- Willie Stargell
#Before
#Could
#Motion
#Throwing
#Walk
Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
- Willie Stargell
#Baseball
#Born
#Gift
#God
#Me
Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
- Willie Stargell
#Did
#Friends
#Fun
#Never
#So Much Fun
Never was I booed.
- Willie Stargell
#Never
I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
- Willie Stargell
#Applause
#Deserve
#Feel
#Really
The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
- Willie Stargell
#Enemy
#Giants
#Good
#Park
#Team
Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
- Willie Stargell
#Atmosphere
#City
#Field
#Match
#Nothing
I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
- Willie Stargell
#Ball
#Fact
#Only
#Proud
#Stadium
I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
- Willie Stargell
#Brown
#Me
#Owe
#Person
#Success
We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
- Willie Stargell
#Our
#Season
#Silent
#Teammate
#Tribute
A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
- Willie Stargell
#Trophy
#Wonderful
#World Series
#World
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
#Always
#Hat
#Just
#Know
#Time
My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
- Willie Stargell
#After
#Baseball
#First
#Job
#Retirement
I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
- Willie Stargell
#Area
#Hitter
#Most
#Powerful
I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
- Willie Stargell
#Heart
#Life
#Man
#My Life
#Who
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
- Willie Stargell
#Human
#Life
#Lord
#Pampered
#Real
I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
- Willie Stargell
#Important
#Life
#Me
#My Life
#Never
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
- Willie Stargell
#About
#Person
#Reporter
#Up
#Writing
Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
- Willie Stargell
#Beings
#Forget
#Human
#Often
#Reporters
When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.
- Willie Stargell
#Mistake
#Need
#News
#Reporter
#Us
I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
- Willie Stargell
#Early
#Indian
#Outcast
#Raised
#Years
I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
- Willie Stargell
#Body
#Dance
#Go
#Loved
#Simply
Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
- Willie Stargell
#Baseball
#Dream
#Money
#Opinion
#Sway
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
- Willie Stargell
#Children
#Needed
#Parents
#Project
#Team
I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
- Willie Stargell
#Go
#Love
#People
#See
#Work
I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
- Willie Stargell
#Athletes
#Fail
#Superior
#Try
#Witnessed
I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
- Willie Stargell
#Faith
#Purpose
#Reason
#Search
#Why
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
#Game
#Only
#Play
#Up
#Years
We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
- Willie Stargell
#Ball
#Batting
#Good
#Hands
#Practice
I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
- Willie Stargell
#Always
#Poor
#Slider
I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
- Willie Stargell
#Because
#Experience
#Learning
#Proud
To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
- Willie Stargell
#Always
#Everything
#Life
#Me
#Reflection
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
#Me
#Mother
#Myself
#Nature
#Race
I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
- Willie Stargell
#Always
#Heart
#Place
#Special
#Would
Helping someone is what life is all about.
- Willie Stargell
#About
#Helping
#Life
#Someone
I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
- Willie Stargell
#Appropriate
#Itself
#Situation
#Stars
Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
- Willie Stargell
#Hatred
#Love
#Them
#Violence
#Wounds
I've always been a slave to my heart.
- Willie Stargell
#Always
#Been
#Heart
Life is one big transition.
- Willie Stargell
#Big
#Life
#Transition
It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
- Willie Stargell
#Ball
#Fun
#Know
#Man
#Work
The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
- Willie Stargell
#Bat
#Gone
#Remains
#Smile
They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball and they tell you to hit it square.
- Willie Stargell
#Ball
#Bat
#Hit
#Round
#Tell
I love September, especially when we're in it.
- Willie Stargell
#I Love
#Love
#September
That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
- Willie Stargell
#Future
#Lies
#Today
#Where
#Youth
There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
- Willie Stargell
#Family
#Nothing
#Smile
#Street
#Value
To be successful, one must take chances.
- Willie Stargell
#Chance
#Chances
#Must
#Successful
#Take
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