You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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 got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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 was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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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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The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It’s that they stay out all night looking for it.
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