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What's scary in life is not what people know (or don't know), but what they know that ain't so.
Avoid running at all times.
If a man can beat you, walk him.
I was born in August, no July, 1908.
Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
Avoid fried foods, which angry up the blood.
Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.
Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.
I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.
It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.
You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
Sometimes I sit and think and other times I just sit.
Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.
I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.
I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.
My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.
Smile well and often, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.
NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you get rained out.
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.
I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what.
Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.
You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.
The Crawfords played everywhere, in every ballpark. And we won, won like we invented the game.
I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.
If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.
The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get.
I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
Work such as you will not have to have the money. Adore like you've got by no means been damage. Dance like nobody's seeing.
I 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.
One time he (Cool Papa Bell) hit a line drive right past my ear. I turned around and saw the ball hit his ass sliding into second.
Throw high risers at the chin; throw peas at the knees; throw it here when they're lookin' there; throw it there when they're lookin' here.
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.
Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money.
My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.
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.
