If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
CASEY STENGELYou gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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