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.
CASEY STENGELNo baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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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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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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You gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, chances are you ain’t gonna get it, and if you do, it ain’t worth it.
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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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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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