I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
CASEY STENGELI 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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