I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
CASEY STENGELThey told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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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 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 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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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 you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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