Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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.
More Satchel Paige Quotes
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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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Avoid running at all times.
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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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Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.
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Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world.
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I ain’t ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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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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You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
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My pitching philosophy is simple – keep the ball way from the bat.
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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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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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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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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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