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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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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'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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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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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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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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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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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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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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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 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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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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Life is one big transition.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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