You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
CASEY STENGELManaging is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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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 was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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The team has come along slow but fast.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.
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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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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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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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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
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If you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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The trick is growing up without growing old.
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I’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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