If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
CASEY STENGELFinding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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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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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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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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