"Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move." ― Satchel Paige Topic(s): Death More From Satchel Paige "If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts." "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." More In Death "I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion."― William Shakespeare "The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death."― E. M. Forster "When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits."― Allen Klein