There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
CASEY STENGELEverybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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 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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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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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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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 right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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 was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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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 feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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