I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
CASEY STENGELYou gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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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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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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