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.
CASEY STENGELThe Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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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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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
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