Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
SATCHEL PAIGEJust take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
SATCHEL PAIGEAin’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
SATCHEL PAIGEDon’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
SATCHEL PAIGEWork like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.
SATCHEL PAIGEThe things you do for a woman you wouldn’t do for anything else. Same with money.
SATCHEL PAIGEI ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
SATCHEL PAIGENot to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one’s own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
SATCHEL PAIGEIt’s funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
SATCHEL PAIGEWhen a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can’t hit it.
SATCHEL PAIGEYou gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
SATCHEL PAIGEDon’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
SATCHEL PAIGEI’ve said it once and I’ll say it a a hundred times, I’m forty-four years old.
SATCHEL PAIGEAirplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.
SATCHEL PAIGEIf your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
SATCHEL PAIGEMy pitching philosophy is simple – keep the ball way from the bat.
SATCHEL PAIGEI never rush myself. See, they can’t start the game without me.
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