The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.Collection: Medical
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 deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.
I never keep a scorecard or the batting averages. I hate statistics. What I got to know, I keep in my head.
Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating.
Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.
All ballplayers want to wind up their careers with the Cubs, Giants or Yankees. They just can't help it.
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.Collection: Team
Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can't be beat.Collection: Breakfast
Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss?Collection: Missing You
It puzzles me how they know what corners are good for filling stations. Just how did they know gas and oil was under there?Collection: Oil
Let the teachers learn the kids English. Ol' Diz will learn the kids baseball.Collection: Baseball
Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.Collection: Mean
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 connected. He hit a high fly right to the center fielder. The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it.Collection: Humorous
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 that little pistol bullet ole Satchel (Paige) shoots up to the plate.Collection: Boys
I only went to the third grade because my father only went to the fourth and I didn't want to pass him.Collection: Father
It ain't braggin' if you really done it.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Wall
Me and Paul (Dean) will probably win forty games (they won forty-nine).Collection: Winning
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 deserved a cut because I didn't win thirty games.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Sports
He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology.Collection: Technology
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 fined him fifty bucks.Collection: Games
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.Collection: July
Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game.Collection: Baseball
Practice, work hard and give it everything you've got.Collection: Hard Work
The dumber a pitcher is, the better. When he gets smart and begins to experiment with a lot of different pitches, he's in trouble. All I ever had was a fastball, a curve and a changeup and I did pretty good.Collection: Smart
A lot of folks that ain't saying 'ain't,' ain't eating.Collection: Eating
I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.Collection: Baseball
Why, they shot the wrong McKinley!Collection: Umpires