Satchel Paige

“How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?”

“Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

“Money and women. They're the two strongest things in the world. There are things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.”

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

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

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

“I was born in August, no July, 1908.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”