Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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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 don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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