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.
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 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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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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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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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