Satchel Paige

“age is a state of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

“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.”