Baseball is the most perfect ...

Baseball 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

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

Satchel Paige

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

Satchel Paige

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

Satchel Paige

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

Satchel Paige

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.

Satchel Paige