Quotes By Casey Stengel

The team has come along slow but fast.

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.

Most ball games are lost, not won.

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.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

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.

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

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

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

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

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

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.

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

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

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

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

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

Most games are lost, not won.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

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

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

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