"They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever saw... I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t give me no justice."

“A bunch of the fellows get in a barber session the other day and they start to arguefy about the best pitcher they ever seen. Some says and and and old and. And they mention andand and tells us about Matty and he sure must of been great and some of the boys even say old Diz is the best they ever see. But I see all them fellows but Matty and Johnson and I know who's the best pitcher I ever see and it's old Satchel Paige, that big, lanky colored boy. I have pitched 31 games against that Satchel Paige and that guy really has something. If he pitches in the majors, he'd be worth $1 million. He's still a great pitcher, but was he some boy a few years ago. Wowee!”

“It starts out like a baseball and when it gets to the plate, it looks like a marble.”

“My fastball looks like a change of pace alongside that little pistol bullet Satchel shoots up to the plate.”

“Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.”

“Get the runs now, boys; is coming.”

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