If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
CASEY STENGELDon’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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