Leroy Satchel Paige quotes

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

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

" Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move. " # Baseball # Opportunity # America

" 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. " # Adversity # Prayer # Love

" Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you. " # Airplane and Aviation # Love # Marriage

" My pitching philosophy is simple; you gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat. " # Philosophers and Philosophy # Friends and Friendship # Obesity

" It's not what you don't know that hurts you. It's what you know that just ain't so. " # Knowledge # Love # Marriage

" How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are. " # Age and Aging

" Avoid fresh 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 light in the vices such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful. Don't look back. Someone might be gaining on you. " # Food and Eating # Anger # Age and Aging

" Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, age don't matter. " # Age and Aging # Questions # Mind