Satchel Paige

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.

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

If a man can beat you, walk him.

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

Work like you dont need the money. Love like youve never been hurt. Dance like nobodys watching.

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.

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

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.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

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.

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

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching

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

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

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

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.

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

Avoid running at all times.

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

I was born in August, no July, 1908.

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

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

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

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

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

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

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

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.