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.
CASEY STENGELYou gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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