Satchel Paige Quotes

American - Athlete July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982

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

Love Work Wisdom Money Dance

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

Birthday Age Mind You

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

Birthday You Know Old

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

Sports Look You Back Something

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.

Man Blame Know Praise

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

Simple Way Philosophy Pitching

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

Travel You Hurt May

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

Nature Sun You Pray Sun Shines

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

Man Born Avoid Average

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.

Women Woman Money World

Top 10
Satchel Paige
Quotes

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.

Generation Trouble Never Seen

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Angry Blood Avoid Up

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Sports Man Walk You

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

Believe Training Down I Believe

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

Myself Me Game Start

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

Thoughts Cool You Lie

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

Home You Want Ball

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

Change Baseball Class Only

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

Job Baseball Always Just

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

Say Said Years Old

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

Fat You Ball Off

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.

Looking Feet Start Nothing

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.

I Can Know See Tell

I was born in August, no July, 1908.

Born I Was Born July August

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

Avoid running at all times.

Avoid Running Times

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