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I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.
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
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Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God.
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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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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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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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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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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've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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 was bred as an outcast, part Negro and part Seminole, in my early years raised as an Indian.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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It's supposed to be fun, the man says 'Play Ball' not 'Work Ball' you know.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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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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