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To be successful, one must take chances.

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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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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If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
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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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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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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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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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We devote our entire lives to becoming good ball players. We take batting practice until our hands bleed.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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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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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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A World Series trophy is a wonderful thing to behold.
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