Casey Stengel Quotes

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits... view

By: Casey Stengel

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like... view

By: Casey Stengel

Most ball games are lost, not won... view

By: Casey Stengel

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height... view

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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill... view

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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... view

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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... view

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If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army... view

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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... view

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I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three... view

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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice... view

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I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball... view

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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story... view

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I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon... view

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Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits... view

By: Casey Stengel

Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking... view

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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before... view

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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in... view

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Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself... view

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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... view

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Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa... view

By: Casey Stengel

Most games are lost, not won... view

By: Casey Stengel

The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three... view

By: Casey Stengel

Never make predictions, especially about the future... view

By: Casey Stengel

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball... view

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Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or you can lose or it can rain... view

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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful... view

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Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant... view

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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?.. view

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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... view

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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed... view

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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... view

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The team has come along slow but fast... view

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The trick is growing up without growing old... view

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You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living... view

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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... view

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You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right... view

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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... view

By: Casey Stengel

There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them... view

By: Casey Stengel

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games... view

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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?.. view

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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... view

By: Casey Stengel