Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
CASEY STENGELI got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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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 got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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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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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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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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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 drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
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All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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