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.
CASEY STENGELThe Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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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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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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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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