Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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 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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