Satchel Paige Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Hurt, Years

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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.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Men, Bats

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• Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.

  Satchel Paige

  College

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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.

  Satchel Paige

  Funny, Witty, Money

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• One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Team, Knowing

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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.

  Satchel Paige

  Knees, Peas, Chins

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• Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.

  Satchel Paige

  Moving, Juice, Carrying On

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

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• If a man can beat you, walk him.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Reality, Men

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

  Satchel Paige

  Funny, Sports, Witty

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• Work such as you will not have to have the money. Adore like you've got by no means been damage. Dance like nobody's seeing.

  Satchel Paige

  Mean, Damage, Like You

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• Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Moving, Home

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

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Baseball, Jobs

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• 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

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

  Satchel Paige

  Change, Baseball, Class

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

  Satchel Paige

  Years, Four, Hundred

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

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Games

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

  Satchel Paige

  Bats, Balls, Fats

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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.

  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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• Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.

  Satchel Paige

  Harder

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• I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Ems, World

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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.

  Satchel Paige

  Sports, Feet, Nicknames

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• There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Men, Stronger

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

  Satchel Paige

  Baseball, Body, Body Temperature

  LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.30, U of Nebraska Press

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

  Satchel Paige

  Lying, Down And, Carrying On

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

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• Go light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social life ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you.

  Satchel Paige

  Running, Communication, Light

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