Just heard these on Ken Burns’s tribute to Baseball:
How to Keep Young
by Satchel Paige
- Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
- If you stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
- Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
- Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain’t restful.
- Avoid running at all times.
- Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.
@DrJimHamilton that is an extraordinary documentary. I’m about halfway through it.
Satchel Paige’s Six Rules to Keep Young http://t.co/ZdYXQYiULl
Jim, thanks for posting these. I remember reading them some years back in a Sports Illustrated article about Robert Parrish, who holds the record for most NBA games played.
Here’s that article, by the way: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1118960/