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Satchel Paige quotes: If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?

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

Satchel Paige quotes: If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

Satchel Paige quotes: Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.

Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.

Satchel Paige quotes: I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so.

What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so.

Satchel Paige quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

Satchel Paige quotes: 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

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 quotes: I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.

I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.

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

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

Satchel Paige quotes: It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Won-lost was only 1-1 on the tour, but they batted only

Won-lost was only 1-1 on the tour, but they batted only

Satchel Paige quotes: Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move ...

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Avoid running at all times.

Avoid running at all times.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.

Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.

Satchel Paige quotes: You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.

You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.

Satchel Paige quotes: Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

Satchel Paige quotes: Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: If a man can beat you, walk him.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Satchel Paige quotes: Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Sometimes i sits and thinks and sometimes i just sits

Sometimes i sits and thinks and sometimes i just sits

Satchel Paige quotes: Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.

Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.

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.

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 quotes: Age is a state of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: 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.

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.

Satchel Paige quotes: NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

Satchel Paige quotes: I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Satchel Paige quotes: I was born in August, no July, 1908.

I was born in August, no July, 1908.

Satchel Paige quotes: My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

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

Satchel Paige quotes: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Satchel Paige quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Satchel Paige quotes: They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.

They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.

Satchel Paige quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The Crawfords played everywhere, in every ballpark. And we won, won like we invented the game.

The Crawfords played everywhere, in every ballpark. And we won, won like we invented the game.