The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
CASEY STENGELIf we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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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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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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