The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
CASEY STENGELWhen 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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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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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