Satchel Paige Quotes
27 Satchel Paige quotes:
"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."
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"I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me."
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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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"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal."
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"I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench."
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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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"My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat."
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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?"
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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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"Avoid running at all times."
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"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."
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"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
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"I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball."
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"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
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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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"Avoid running at all times"
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"I was born in August, no July, 1908."
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"If a man can beat you, walk him."
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"You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat."
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"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
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