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I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.
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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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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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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Judgment traps you within the limitations of your comparisons. It inhibits freedom.
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The Giants were a good team, but our biggest enemy was said to be Candlestick Park.
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Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.
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Helping someone is what life is all about.
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I flailed my arm in a throwing motion before I could even walk.
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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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Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in 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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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
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That's where the future lies, in the youth of today.
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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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I've always been a slave to my heart.
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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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To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.
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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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