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Life is one big transition.

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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
Life
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There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.
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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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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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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 gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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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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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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be 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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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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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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Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
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