Quotes By Casey Stengel

Most games are lost, not won.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

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

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.

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 team has come along slow but fast.

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

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.

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

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

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.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

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

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Without losers, where would the winners be?

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.

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

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

You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.

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

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