If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
CASEY STENGELI don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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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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