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With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.

Satchel Paige

Women

LeRoy Paige, Satchel Paige (1993). “Maybe I'll Pitch Forever”, p.64, U of Nebraska Press

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

Satchel Paige

Baseball, Games

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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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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.

Satchel Paige

Funny, Softball, Baseball

Quoted in Wash. Post, 10 June 1982

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

Satchel Paige

Sports, Baseball, Jobs

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

Satchel Paige

College

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If a man can beat you, walk him.

Satchel Paige

Sports, Reality, Men

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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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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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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Satchel Paige

Baseball, Moving, Home

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

Satchel Paige

Funny, Sports, Witty

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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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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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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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Born: July 7, 1906
Died: June 8, 1982
Occupation: Baseball player
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