Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
CASEY STENGELThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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 Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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