Satchel Paige Quotes

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

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

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

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

sometimes i sits and thinks and sometimes i just sits

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

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

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

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

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

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

Depending on how he gripped the ball and how hard he threw it, Satchel Paige had pitches that included the bat-dodger, the two-hump blooper, the four-day creeper, the dipsy-do, the Little Tom, the Long Tom, the bee ball, the wobbly ball, the hurry-up ball and the nothin’ ball.

Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. Go very lightly on vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain’t restful. Avoid running at all times. Don’t look back. Something may be gaining on you.

Age ain't nuthin but mind over matter...if you don't mind...it don't matter! - Satchell Paige

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

How old would you be if you didn;t know how old you are?

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? - Satchel Paige -

My friend Satchel Paige once said, ‘Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.’ That’s a pretty good way to live your life, if you ask me.

In a commentary on CNNMoney.com, Fortune senior writer Anne Fisher reported that scientists have begun to realize “that people may do their best thinking when they are not concentrating on work at all.” She cites studies published in the journal Science by Dutch psychologists who concluded, “The unconscious mind is a terrific solver of complex problems when the conscious mind is busy elsewhere or, perhaps better yet, not overtaxed at all.” That’s why I subscribe to the philosophy of the late Satchel Paige, who said, “Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

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

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

Now, I have to tell you, this reminds me of a story. Actually, it’s an old baseball story. You see, one day, old Lucifer down there from his headquarters called St. Peter in Heaven, said they wanted to challenge him to a baseball game. And St. Peter said, “Sure, let’s play. But to be fair, I have to tell you all the great ones are up here. We’ve got Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Satchel Paige, Roberto Clemente. We’ve got all the best players, and our manager is the legendary Connie Mack. You won’t have a chance.” Well, old Lucifer says, “That doesn’t matter, we’ll win anyway.” And St. Peter says, “How do you expect to do that?” “Well,” he says, “simple, we’ve got all the umpires.” Luncheon for Representative Connie Mack Miami, Florida June 29, 1988

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? Satchel Paige

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.

won-lost was only 1-1 on the tour, but they batted only

If you think you are old you are right, if you don’t think you are old you are also right’ ‘How Old Would You Be, If You Didn’t Know How Old You Are?’ Leroy (Satchel) Paige

Satchel Paige is supposed to have said, “It’s not what you don’t know that hurts you, it’s what you know that just ain’t so”);

Satchell Paige once posed the question, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. —Satchel Paige

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

Por eso soy partidario de la filosofía del difunto Satchel Paige, que afirmaba: «A veces me siento y pienso y otras, simplemente, me siento».

Don't look back, something might be gaining.

It ain't bragging if you've done it.

tough

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

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter” (Satchel Paige)

Don’t look back, Satchel Paige said, something may be gaining on you.

Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” - SATCHEL PAIGE

Satchel Paige’s life and career spanned an incredible metamorphosis in American sporting and cultural history, and here are his words of wisdom: 1) Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. 2) If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3) Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4) Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain’t restful. 5) Avoid running at all times. 6) Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? SATCHEL PAIGE

before a crowd of forty-six hundred in uncomfortably cold conditions on September 30, 1946. Paige and his All-Stars took the first game in the series 3–1. In the next game in Youngstown, Ohio, Feller and his Major Leaguers trounced Paige and his compatriots 11–2 before an audience of three thousand. That same evening the two teams met again at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland in front of a sold-out audience of ninety-seven hundred, with Feller, assisted by Major League ace Bob Lemon with the mound work, taking the contest 5–0. Feller and crew repeated their victorious way next in Chicago's Comiskey Park on October 3 before an audience of twenty

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? —SATCHEL PAIGE