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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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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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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I was always a self-proclaimed poor slider.
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