I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
CASEY STENGELI was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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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 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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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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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