Most ball games are lost, not won.
CASEY STENGELThe trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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