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.
CASEY STENGELDon’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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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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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 don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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