Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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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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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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If 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.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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