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 STENGELSure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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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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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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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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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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