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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.
Satchel Paige
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Satchel Paige
Age: 75 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 7
Died: 1982
Died: June 8
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Leroy Robert Satchel Paige
Satchell Paige
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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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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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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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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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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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They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
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Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
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Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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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 never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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