A Quote by Satchel Paige

They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.

Satchel Paige

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Satchel Paige
American - Baseball Player
July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldnt open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldnt talk well.

Gale Gordon

I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldnt be the bad guy in the joke; he couldnt upset people, really.

Anthony Jeselnik

My mother turned into a professional widow. She couldnt understand why I wanted to be an engineer; she thought I should be a chicken farmer.

David Antin

You dont know me, you just met me, well if i couldnt have it..silly rabbit, why ya sweat me

Tupac Shakur

I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.

Tiffeny Milbrett

It was Chinese music. I couldnt understand it, but it had a good beat to it.

Ray Allen

I was really blessed with parents who never said I couldnt do anything. And now I reflect as an adult on that, Wow, they never told me no!

Olesya Rulin

If something happened where I couldnt write music anymore, it would kill me. Its not just a job. Its not just a hobby. Its why I get up in the morning.

Hans Zimmer

Look, I need to tell you something,' I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. 'I couldnt stand it if...I dont want you to---' Percy?' she said. 'You look like you're going to be sick.' And that's how I felt.

Rick Riordan

My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldnt do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.

Candis Cayne

I decided I wanted out because it was killing me, and I couldnt see where to go with it that wouldnt be fatal.

Richard Hell

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldnt bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.

Neil Sheehan

I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.

Kevin Spacey

I remember seeing Aladdin when I was five or six and loving it. I looked at the big screen and said to my mum, Whatever this Genie guy does, I want to do. Mum said I couldnt be a genie, but that Robin Williams, who did the voice-over in the film, was an actor. So I said, OK, then, I want to be an actor.