Most ball games are lost, not won.
CASEY STENGEL
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.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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