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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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
Satchell Paige
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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
Satchel Paige
They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
Satchel Paige
If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
Satchel Paige
If a man can beat you, walk him.
Satchel Paige
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.
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 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
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Satchel Paige
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.
Satchel Paige
I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
Satchel Paige
I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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
Avoid running at all times.
Satchel Paige
I was born in August, no July, 1908.
Satchel Paige
The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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.
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
I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
Satchel Paige
