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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

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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To be successful, one must take chances.
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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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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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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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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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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 love September, especially when we're in it.
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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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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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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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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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