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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

Willie Stargell

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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
Purpose
Faith
Reason
Never
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Sports
Lord

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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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Life is one big transition.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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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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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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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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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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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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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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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