“Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times?”
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Famous Casey Stengel Quotes
“I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.”
“All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.”
“No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.”
“Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.”
“There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had plenty of them.”
“The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.”
“Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.”
“You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.”
“You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.”
“You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.”
“I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.”
“Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.”
“The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.”
“Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.”
“Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.”
“Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.”
“I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.”
“I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.”
“I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.”
“Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.”
“Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.”
“It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.”