You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
CASEY STENGELSon, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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