The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
CASEY STENGELWhen you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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 was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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 a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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