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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
Life
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Someone

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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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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 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've always been a slave to my heart.
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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'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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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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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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'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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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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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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