The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
CASEY STENGELFinding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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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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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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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 was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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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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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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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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