I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
Satchel PaigeI 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 PaigeI don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.
Satchel PaigeBaseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple. Within the baselines anything can happen. Tides can reverse; oceans can open. That's why they say, we don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing.
Satchel Paige