Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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 was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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