Satchel Paige Quotes
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| "Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter." |
| "Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common." |
| "I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I would toss one that ain’t never been seen by this generation." |
| "Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move." |
| "They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever saw…I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t give me no justice." |
| "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." |
| "Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines." |
| "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" |
| "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." |
| "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." |
| "You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them." |
| "My pitching philosophy is simple; you gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat." |
| "I never had a job. I always played baseball." |
| "Mother always told me, if you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to no one else." |
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