The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.
CASEY STENGELI don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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