There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
CASEY STENGELYou gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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