The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
CASEY STENGELIf I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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