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.
CASEY STENGELIf 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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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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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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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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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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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for… reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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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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