Quotes By Satchel Paige

The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.

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.

When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.

My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

I was born in August, no July, 1908.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Avoid running at all times.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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.

I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

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.

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

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.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.