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.
CASEY STENGELI got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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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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The team has come along slow but fast.
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Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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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 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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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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I was a left-handed dentist who made people cry.
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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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Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ’em.
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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.
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It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Without losers, where would the winners be?
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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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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 was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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