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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.

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
Life
Like
Adjusts
Survives
Reflection
Baseball
Everything
Always

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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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 never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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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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Life is one big transition.
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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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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 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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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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