Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
CASEY STENGELBeen in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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.
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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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 was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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 trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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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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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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