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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.

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
Pleasures
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Child
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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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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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Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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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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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 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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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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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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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 don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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 eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.
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