There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
CASEY STENGELI 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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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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 lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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