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Casey Stengel Quotes


Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was an American baseball player and manager from the early 1910s into the 1960s.
(1890 - 1975)


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

All I ask is that you bust your heiny on that field.

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

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

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 cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

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

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

Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.

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

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.

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

I don't like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

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

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

I want you all to line up in alphabetical order, according to your size.
[Sports]

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

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

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

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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