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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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
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Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my 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 see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.
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Life is one big transition.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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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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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 wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
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