Satchel Paige Quotes
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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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Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
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Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.
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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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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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One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.
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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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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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You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
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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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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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I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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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 don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
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Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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I was born in August, no July, 1908.
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When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.
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I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.
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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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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.