Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
CASEY STENGELAll 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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