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.
CASEY STENGELIf 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 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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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