Satchel Paige Quotes

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

How lucky have we been that the face of baseball for the past two decades, through ups and downs, has been Derek Jeter.

The Greatest Living Yankee is Whitey Ford, who came out of Aviation High School, which was then in Manhattan, and helped pitch the Yankees to victory in the 1950 World Series when he was 21.

When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

When I went to Brooklyn in 1948 Jackie Robinson was at the height of his brilliant career.

The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.

Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson. You see what kind of talent we had, and guys in the majors knew it too.

I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.

With the Giants I broadcast the debut of Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.

I was glad to play in the Negro Leagues. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

I hit balls hard on the ground, and sometimes they are double plays. Other times, you hit it hard, and it's right through a hole.

Yes, I was inspired by Jack London and still love reading his books. Ernie Banks is another hero because I lived in Chicago for two years as a kid, and I loved that he was the Cubs' loyal underdog and one of the first African-Americans to make that breakthrough.

When I was in Seattle, I listened to Carlos Guillen and other older players.

Billy Loes was the only player in the majors who could lose a ground ball in the sun

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Larry Lintz steals second standing up. He slid, but he didn't have to.

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

If I were playing today I'd do what Joe DiMaggio said. I'd go knock on the door at Yankee Stadium and when George Steinbrenner answered I'd say, 'Howdy, pardner.'

Pete Rose is baseball.

[On Willie Mays] He was something like zero for twenty-one the first time I saw him. His first major league hit was a home run off me and I'll never forgive myself. We might have gotten rid of Willie (Mays) forever if I'd only struck him out.