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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
Reflection
Baseball
Everything
Always
Life
Like
Adjusts
Survives

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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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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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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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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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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 owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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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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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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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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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