I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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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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I 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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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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