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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

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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
Smile
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Bats

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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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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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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 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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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 eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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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've always been a slave to my heart.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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