The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
CASEY STENGELThe Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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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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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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 can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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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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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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