Satchel Paige Quotes


"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Love, Work, Money, Dance, Hurt)

"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
"I was born in August, no July, 1908."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: July)

"You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat."
- Satchel Paige
"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
(Related: Blame, Man, Praise)

"It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Funny, Body)

"If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Lie, Thoughts)

"I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Old, Years)

"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Home, Want)

"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
(Related: Money, Women, Woman, World)

"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
(Related: Feet, Nothing)

"My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Philosophy)

"If a man can beat you, walk him."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Man)

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Old)

"I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Baseball, Job)

"I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me."
- Satchel Paige
"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
(Related: Trouble)

"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Sun)

"I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Running, Training)

"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Age, Mind)

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Being, Man)

"Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Airplanes, Hurt, May)

"Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Blood)

"Avoid running at all times."
- Satchel Paige
(Related: Running)

"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
- Satchel Paige