Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
SATCHEL PAIGEAirplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.
More Satchel Paige Quotes
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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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I never rush myself. See, they can’t start the game without me.
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Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world.
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My pitching philosophy is simple – keep the ball way from the bat.
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I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
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I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a a hundred times, I’m forty-four years old.
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Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.
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I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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When 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.
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Not 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.
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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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My feet ain’t got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller’s got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.
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