If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
CASEY STENGELYou can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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 key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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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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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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If 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 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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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