The trick is growing up without growing old.
CASEY STENGELWithout losers, where would the winners be?
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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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I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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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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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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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.
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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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