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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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Pittsburgh isn't fancy, but it is real. It's a working town and money doesn't come easy. I feel as much a part of this city as the cobblestone streets and the steel mills, people in this town expect an honest day's work, and I've it to them for a long, long time.
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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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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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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Life is one big transition.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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I would always reserve a special place in my heart for Pittsburgh.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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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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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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I see a lot of people who love their jobs. I see some garbage collectors smiling as they go about their work.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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