I don’t generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
SATCHEL PAIGEJust take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
More Satchel Paige Quotes
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Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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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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Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world.
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Avoid running at all times.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.
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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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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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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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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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Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
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How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
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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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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
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You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
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