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.
CASEY STENGELYou gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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