Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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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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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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 was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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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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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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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 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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