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Satchel Paige
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Satchel Paige
Age: 75 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 7
Died: 1982
Died: June 8
Baseball Player
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Alabama
Leroy Robert Satchel Paige
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More quotes by Satchel Paige
I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
Satchel Paige
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.
Satchel Paige
Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
Satchel Paige
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.
Satchel Paige
They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
Satchel Paige
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.
Satchel Paige
If a man can beat you, walk him.
Satchel Paige
You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
Satchel Paige
I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
Satchel Paige
I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
Satchel Paige
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
Satchel Paige
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
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.
Satchel Paige
I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
Satchel Paige
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.
Satchel Paige
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
Satchel Paige
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Satchel Paige
Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
Satchel Paige
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
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.
Satchel Paige
