Satchel Paige Quotes About Baseball
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You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
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The Crawfords played everywhere, in every ballpark. And we won, won like we invented the game.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.
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Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
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One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it.
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The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
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Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
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They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
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I use my single windup, my double windup, my triple windup, my hesitation windup, my no windup. I also use my step-n-pitch-it, my submariner, my sidearmer and my bat dodger. Man's got to do what he's got to do.
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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.
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There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.
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Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
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I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
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It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
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Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
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I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
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My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
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NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.
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Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.
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Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That's why they say, we don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing.
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I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
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