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Baseball Quotes by Willie Stargell
- Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
- My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
- They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
- 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…
- Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
- To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
- I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.
- When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."
- It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
- Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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