The trick is growing up without growing old.
CASEY STENGELTwo hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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