NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
The Crawfords played everywhere, in every ballpark. And we won, won like we invented the game. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody. — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
Work such as you will not have to have the money. Adore like you've got by no means been damage. Dance like nobody's seeing. — Satchel Paige Copy Share
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. — Satchel Paige Copy Share
If you want to live a long time, don't fool with nothing old but money, nothing big but a bank roll, nothing black but… — Satchel Paige Copy Share
There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get. — Satchel Paige Copy Share
I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench. — Satchel Paige Copy Share
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. — Satchel Paige Copy Share
Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices… — Satchel Paige Copy Share
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,… — Satchel Paige Copy Share
