Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
CASEY STENGELThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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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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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 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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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