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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
Slave
Sports
Heart
Always

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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 loved to hit with men on base and with the game on the line.
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Don't be sharp or flat just be natural.
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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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My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.
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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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We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.
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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.
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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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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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