Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: January 16, 1910 Death: July 17, 1974
I ain't what I used to be, but who the hell is?.
It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?.
Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?.
If you can do it, it ain't braggin'... it's a matter of self-confidence. I got where I did because I wasn't no shrinking violet..
The pitcher wound up and he flang the ball at the batter. The batter swang and missed. The pitcher flang the ball again and this time the batter conn….
I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy. My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside th….
Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat..
Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort..
The good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong body, a good right arm, and a weak mind..
The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing..
It ain't braggin' if you really done it..
The Cards had one pitcher who won fourteen straight games in a period of twenty-four days. Then when he lost his fifteenth game 1-0, his manager fine….
Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine)..
He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up against the wall..
It ain't bragging if you can do it..
Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts..
I won twenty-eight games in thirty-five and I couldn't believe my eyes when the Cards sent me a contract with a cut in salary. Mr. Rickey said I dese….
Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball..
I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him..
Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world..
If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time..