You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
CASEY STENGELIf you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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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 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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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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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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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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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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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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