They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
CASEY STENGELThe trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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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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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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