If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
CASEY STENGELAbility is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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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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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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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 Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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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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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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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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 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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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