The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
CASEY STENGELBeen in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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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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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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They 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.
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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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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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