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» Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

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

» Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

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

» Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common.

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

» I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

» I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.

» If a man can beat you, walk him.

» I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

» 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.

» It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

» Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.

» 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.

» My pitching philosophy is simple - keep the ball way from the bat.

» The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.

» 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.

» You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

» 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.

» Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

» I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.

» I was born in August, no July, 1908.

» Avoid running at all times.

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

» If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

» 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.

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