Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.
CASEY STENGELIt’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.
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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 can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.
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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 don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
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Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.
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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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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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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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