Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel (1890–1975,) nicknamed “The Old Perfessor”, was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.
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They say you can’t do it, but sometimes it doesn’t always work.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Attitude
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks in batting practice
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Baseball
I might have been able to make it as a pitcher except for one thing: I had a rather awkward motion and every time I brought my left arm forward I hit myself in the ear.
—Casey Stengel
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.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Management
Most ball games are lost, not won.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Perseverance
Most games are lost, not won.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Competition
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Talent
All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.
—Casey Stengel
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Rain, Baseball
The trick is growing up without growing old.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Age, Aging
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
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Baseball
There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Time
The best ballplayer’s the one who doesn’t think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Praise
It’s easy to get the players; it’s getting them to play together that’s the tough part
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Teams, Teamwork, Togetherness
Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Baseball
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
—Casey Stengel
Topics: Teamwork
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