If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
CASEY STENGELThey 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.
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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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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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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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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