The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
CASEY STENGELBeen in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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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 team has come along slow but fast.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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 got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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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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