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.
CASEY STENGELThe 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.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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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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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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