I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.

I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.

Satchel Paige

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

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

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.

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

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

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.

Throw strikes. The home plate doesn't move.

Throw strikes. The home plate doesn't move.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

If a man can beat you, walk him.

Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.

Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.

Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.

Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.

With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.

With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.

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

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

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. The home plate doesn't move.

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. The home plate doesn't move.

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.

Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

I don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible with my birth certificate. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.

I don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible with my birth certificate. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.

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

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

What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that isn't so.

What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that isn't so.