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 feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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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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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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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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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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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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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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