I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
CASEY STENGELNever make predictions, especially about the future.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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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 you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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 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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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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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