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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.

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
Pitcher
Ems
Baseball
Sure
May
World

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I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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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 got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.
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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
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Avoid running at all times.
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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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If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
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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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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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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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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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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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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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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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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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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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