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.
SATCHEL PAIGEThe only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
More Satchel Paige Quotes
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How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
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Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world.
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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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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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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.
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I never rush myself. See, they can’t start the game without me.
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I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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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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Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
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It’s funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
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Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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The things you do for a woman you wouldn’t do for anything else. Same with money.
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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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Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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