SATCHEL PAIGE

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

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

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

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

Avoid running at all times.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I was born in August, no July, 1908.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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

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

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

If a man can beat you, walk him.

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

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