Quotes By Casey Stengel

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.

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

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

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.

Most ball games are lost, not won.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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