CitationMisquotesContextSource LinkCitation “Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.” ~Satchel Paige, American baseball player Attributed by sports writer Jim Raglin (c. 1957) “Change of Pace,” Jim Raglin, Lincoln Evening Journal & Nebraska State Journal, p. 8, column 1; online via Newspapers.com [subscription service] www.newspapers.com Misquotes Re-quote note: 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: “McLemore also passed on some of the philosophy of Satchel Paige, the ancient pitcher who last year hurled for
