Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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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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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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