No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
CASEY STENGELIf you’re so smart, let’s see you get out of the Army.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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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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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’ve tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.
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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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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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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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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 not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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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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I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.
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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.
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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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