{"id":6262,"date":"2018-06-13T00:37:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T00:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=6262"},"modified":"2018-09-19T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:41:30","slug":"paige-satchel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/paige-satchel\/","title":{"rendered":"PAIGE, Satchel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cAin\u2019t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain\u2019t no man got to be common.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Satchel Paige<\/strong>, American baseball player<\/p>\n

Attributed by sports writer Jim Raglin (c. 1957) \u201cChange of Pace,\u201d Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal<\/em>, p. 8, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1449531589281-1a7ccd5f-aa59094f-cf635381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Paige also received credit for the quote in an earlier column by Florida sports editor Bill McGrotha. The quote shared by McGrotha also came from a second-hand source, and the wording was slightly different:<\/p>\n

\u201cMcLemore also passed on some of the philosophy of Satchel Paige, the ancient pitcher who last year hurled for the Miami Marlins. \u201cThere ain\u2019t no man who can avoid being born average,<\/strong><\/span>\u201d says Paige, \u201cbut there ain\u2019t no man that\u2019s gotta be common.<\/strong><\/span>\u201d (p. 17, column 1)<\/p>\n

[Source<\/em>: Bill McGrotha, \u2018From the Sidelines\u2019 column, \u201cHas to Be Good\u201d (6 November 1957) Tallahassee Democrat<\/em>, Vol. XLIII, No. 310, Tallahassee, FL, p. 17, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [From a newspaper sports column. Quote appears under subheading \u2018This \u2018n That.\u2019]\n

\u201cPaige\u2019s latest philosophical gem is, \u2018There ain\u2019t no man can avoid being born average. But there ain\u2019t no man got to be common.<\/span>\u201d (p. 8, column 1)<\/p>\n

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Source links <\/em><\/span><\/strong>[Featured quote<\/span>]: \u201cChange of Pace\u201d (26 July 1958) Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/312731595\/?terms=%22Ain%27t%2Bno%2Bman%2Bcan%2Bavoid%2Bbeing%2Bborn%2Baverage%22<\/a><\/p>\n

Source link <\/em><\/strong><\/span>[Earlier source<\/span>]: \u201cHas to Be Good\u201d (6 November 1957) Tallahassee Democrat<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/245108955\/?terms=%22can%2Bavoid%2Bbeing%2Bborn%2Baverage%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cDon\u2019t look back. Something might be gaining on you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Satchel Paige<\/strong>, American baseball player<\/p>\n

Number six on a list of six Paige recommendations for \u201cHow to Stay Young\u201d (June 1953) \u201cTime Ain\u2019t Gonna Mess with Me,\u201d Ray Donovan, Collier\u2019s Magazine<\/em>, 13 June 1953, Springfield, OH: Crowell-Collier Publishing Co., p. 55<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315829287-33b1178b-1c815381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0News writers began to misquote or paraphrase Paige\u2019s original Collier\u2019s<\/em> quote not long after his interview was published in June 1953. The most common misquote switched out Paige\u2019s original \u201csomething<\/em>\u201d for \u201csomeone<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Original quote<\/u><\/em><\/span>: \u201cDon\u2019t look back. Something<\/strong> might be gaining on you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/u><\/em><\/span>: \u201cDon\u2019t look back, someone<\/strong> might be gaining on you.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/span><\/strong><\/em>: xx<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cDon\u2019t pray when it rains if you don\u2019t pray when the sun shines.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Satchel Paige<\/strong>, American baseball player<\/p>\n

Partial response to a question about his \u201csecret of durability,\u201d \u201cSatchel Paige May Quit Baseball for Hollywood\u201d (2 October 1959) Associated Press interview, Hal Boyle, in The Hammond Times<\/em>, Vol. LIV, No. 91, Hammond-East Chicago, IN, 2 October 1959, p. A-4, column 6; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Newspaper interview, conducted in New York by the Associated Press (AP). Spelling of ‘activefied’ as it appears in original source.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAsked his secret of durability, Satch said: \u201cGet your rest, eat light, keep busy, and don\u2019t agitate yourself if you want to stay activefied. I could tell you I did it by eating radishes, but it\u2019s the Man upstairs who keeps me moving around.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don\u2019t pray when it rains if you don\u2019t pray when the sun shines.\u201d (p. A-4, column 6)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: As of June 2018, the source date appears incorrectly in the Newspapers.com search results & page heading. Newspapers.com shows a heading date of 1 September 1959 <\/u>\u2013 but actual newspaper page views on the site confirm the source was published on 2 October 1959<\/u>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cSatchel Paige May Quit Baseball for Hollywood\u201d (2 October 1959) The Hammond Times<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/54726160\/?terms=%22don%27t%2Bpray%2Bwhen%2Bit%2Brains%2Bif%2Byou%2Bdon%27t%2Bpray%2Bwhen%2Bthe%2Bsun%2Bshines%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cI ain\u2019t as fast as I used to be, but I\u2019m a better pitcher. I used to overpower ’em; now I out-cute ’em.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Satchel Paige<\/strong>, American baseball player<\/p>\n

\u201c39-Year-Old Satchel Paige Can Out Cute the Batters\u201d (8 July 1948) Beatrice Daily Sun<\/em>, Vol. XLV, No. 306, Beatrice, NE, p. 8, column 6; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Re-quote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Paige’s quote is often repeated with the full word “them” in place of Paige’s original, abbreviated “’em”:<\/p>\n

“I ain’t as fast as I used to be, but I’m a better pitcher. I used to overpower them; now I out-cute them.”<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5a550-0f47″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Interview by the Associated Press]:<\/p>\n

\u201cSatchel has been pitching for 20 years or more but he only admits to 39 years of age.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ain\u2019t as fast as I used to be,<\/span>\u201d he remarked, \u201cbut I\u2019m a better pitcher. I used to overpower \u2018em; now I out-cute ’em.<\/span>\u201d (p. 8, column 6)<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/span><\/strong>: \u201c39-Year-Old Satchel Paige Can Out Cute the Batters\u201d (8 July 1948) Beatrice Daily Sun<\/em>; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service]: https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/15013662\/?terms=%22I%2Bain%27t%2Bas%2Bfast%2Bas%2BI%2Bused%2Bto%2Bbe%22%2B%2B%2B%22Satchel%2BPaige%22<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

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