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I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.

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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Simply
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Body
Abusing
Drinking
Dance

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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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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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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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The bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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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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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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Reporters often forget that athletes are human beings.
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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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To be successful, one must take chances.
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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.
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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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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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I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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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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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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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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