Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
CASEY STENGELI was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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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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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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