Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (1906–82) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball pitcher who is notable for being perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, for his longevity in the game, and for attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
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Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
—Satchel Paige
Topics: Prayer
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.
—Satchel Paige
Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.
—Satchel Paige
Topics: Baseball
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