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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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
Sports
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Bats
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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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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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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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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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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 was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Life is one big transition.
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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
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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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my 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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