Author: Casey Stengel

If anyone wants me tell them I'm being embalmed.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He (Gil Hodges) fields better on one leg than anybody else I got on two.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

We've got to learn to stay out of triple plays.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

He'd fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I couldn't done it without my players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Without losers, where would the winners be?

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The trick is growing up without growing old.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain’t two good catchers among ‘em.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

I broke in with four hits and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb… it took me only a few days to correct that impression.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Stengel: Well, I have given that thought a lot of thinking lately and last night… well – I finally made up my mind.

Reporter: Which way?

Stengel: I made up my mind both ways.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Even my players aren't players.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Now there’s three things you can do in a baseball game; you can win or you can lose or it can rain.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager