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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.
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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Earth
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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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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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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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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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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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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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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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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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I don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.
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Throw high risers at the chin throw peas at the knees throw it here when they're lookin' there throw it there when they're lookin' here.
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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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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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If a man can beat you, walk him.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.
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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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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
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