I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
CASEY STENGELYou got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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.
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