Quotes by Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

American basketbal player and manager

Lived from: 1890 - 1975

Category: Athletes Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 july 1890 Died: 29 september 1975

  • Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
  • 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.
  • Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

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  • Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.
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  • The key to good management is keeping the nine guys who hate your guts away from the nine guys who haven't made up their minds.
    Common Ground News
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  • All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
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  • Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
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  • All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for... reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
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  • All you have to do is keep the five players who hate your guts away from the five who are undecided.
    The Guardian Book of Sports Quotes, ed. John Samuel (1985)
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  • Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.
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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.
    BBC The myths of sex before sport, 12 August, 2004
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  • Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
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  • Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
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  • Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ballplayer. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.
    Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)
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  • Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
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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.
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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.
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  • It's easy to get the players; it's getting them to play together that's the tough part
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  • It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.
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  • Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
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  • Most games are lost, not won.
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  • No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Casey Stengel?

The two most famous quotes from Casey Stengel are:

  • "Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in."
  • "The key to good management is keeping the nine guys who hate your guts away from the nine guys who haven't made up their minds."

When did Casey Stengel live?

Casey Stengel was born in 1890 and died in the year 1975.