Satchel Paige Quotes About Sports

Quotes about: Sports

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  Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

  Satchel Paige

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Sports

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

  Satchel Paige

  Funny, Sports, Baseball

  "How to Keep Young," Collier's, 13 June 1953

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

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Baseball, Jobs

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

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Baseball, Moving

• Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.

  Satchel Paige

  Inspirational, Motivational, Smile

• 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.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Cheer, Men

• When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Pride, Coaching

  LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.278, U of Nebraska Press

• If a man can beat you, walk him.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Reality, Men

• 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.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Twenties, Goats

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

  Satchel Paige

  Funny, Sports, Witty

• 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.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Feet, Nicknames

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

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Running, Believe

• 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.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Moving, Swings

  LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.26, U of Nebraska Press

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