No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
CASEY STENGELMost ball games are lost, not won.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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 trick is growing up without growing old.
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