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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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I loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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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 gave out stars whenever an appropriate situation presented itself.
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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 wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance.
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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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To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
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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 bat is gone, but the smile remains.
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Simple pleasures were all the pleasures that I knew as a child.
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I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.
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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 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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