Casey Stengel Quotes (84 Quotes)

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

The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.

It's easy to get the players it's getting them to play together that's the tough part.

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.

Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the line up.

Look at him. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't chew and he doesn't stay out late - and he still can't hit.

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else runs.

Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.

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

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

Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it thirty-six years and I'm used to it.

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.

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched all of them talk, and listened to them and seen them and I'm not interested in politics. If you watch them and listen to them you can find out why.

Most ball games are lost, not won.

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

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.

They say you can't do it, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

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?

My health is good enough about the shoulders.

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

We was going to get you a cake, but we figured you'd drop it.

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.

This is the greatest ball club a man could manage.

The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

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

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old.

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

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

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

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

Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it up.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.