Casey Stengel on baseball
Casey Stengel55 quotes“Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.”
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel The trick is growing up without growing old.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel The 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.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
Casey StengelCasey 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.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
Casey StengelCasey Stengel 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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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
A. Bartlett GiamattiA. Bartlett Giamatti You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
A. Bartlett GiamattiA. Bartlett Giamatti Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.
A. Bartlett GiamattiA. Bartlett Giamatti There are a lot of people who know me who can’t understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.
A. Bartlett GiamattiA. Bartlett Giamatti I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world,the kids, our national pastime.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth That last one sounded kinda high to me.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today.
Babe RuthBabe Ruth Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
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