Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
CASEY STENGELI got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
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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 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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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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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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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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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