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.
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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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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