They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
CASEY STENGELThe 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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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 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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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 got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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 broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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