The trick is growing up without growing old.
CASEY STENGELThe Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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 such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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