He laughed out loud and said, ‘Those sons of bitches can beat you but they can’t eat you.’ I was back in the game that night, shaking, but saying to myself, ‘You sons of bitches can beat me but you can’t eat me.’” “It meant everything to me,” adds Qualters, who has passed on the advice to countless young players he has coached. “Satchel meant that it’s not a life and death situation. You do the best you can and don’t let mental things interfere with the job.”
