I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a a hundred times, I’m forty-four years old.
SATCHEL PAIGEAin’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
More Satchel Paige Quotes
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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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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.
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It’s funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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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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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt 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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Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.
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My pitching philosophy is simple – keep the ball way from the bat.
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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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Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
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