If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
CASEY STENGELYou have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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