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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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Willie Stargell
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 6
Died: 2011
Died: December 17
Baseball Player
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Wilver Stargell
Everything
Always
Life
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Adjusts
Survives
Reflection
Baseball

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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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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 don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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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 never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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I was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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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 owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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