“Cool Papa was so fast that he could turn off the light switch and get into bed before the room got dark.”

— Satchel Paige

Source: "On Today's Scene: Paige Admits He's Feeling His Age" by William Gildea, The Washington Post (Apr 29, 1969), p. D2

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