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.
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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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 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.
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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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