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SPORTS > baseball pitcher > Satchel Paige
I used to...
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I used to feel so bad before I got to the clubhouse, I didn't know what to do. But when I put that ballsuit on, I don't know where I got the spark to save my life.
Source: On facing prejudice, in Invisible Men: Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues, by Don Rogosin, 1983.
-- Satchel Paige, (Jul 7 1906-1982), US baseball pitcher; He earned legendary fame during his years in the Negro leagues; was finally allowed to enter the major leagues in 1948.