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Helping someone is what life is all about.

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
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Life

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People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.
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To be successful, one must take chances.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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When they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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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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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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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'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'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.
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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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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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Life is one big transition.
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