They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
CASEY STENGELFinding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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 don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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