Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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 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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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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 right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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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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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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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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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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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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