Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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 Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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