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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
Satchel Paige
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Satchel Paige
Age: 75 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 7
Died: 1982
Died: June 8
Baseball Player
Mobile
Alabama
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige
Satchell Paige
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Satchel Paige
If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.
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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
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Go light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social life ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.
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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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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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There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.
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You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
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I used to feel so bad before I got to the clubhouse, I didn't know what to do. But when I put that ballsuit on, I don't know where I got the spark to save my life.
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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
Satchel Paige
Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse oceans can open. That's why they say, we don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing.
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I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
Satchel Paige
If a man can beat you, walk him.
Satchel Paige
Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
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