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To be successful, one must take chances.

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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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Never had I had so many friends and so much fun as I did in the projects.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.
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I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.
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They give you a round bat and they throw you a round ball. And they tell you to hit it square.
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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 they start the game, they don't yell, Work ball. They say, Play ball.
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I love September, especially when we're in it.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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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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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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I gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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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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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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