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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.
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 never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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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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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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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
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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 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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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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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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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
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One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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I use my single windup, my double windup, my triple windup, my hesitation windup, my no windup. I also use my step-n-pitch-it, my submariner, my sidearmer and my bat dodger. Man's got to do what he's got to do.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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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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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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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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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
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