Casey Stengel Quotes

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The secret of managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.

I want everyone to play the way I do – with fire, with intensity. If you don’t, show me – I’ll find somebody who will.

The key to being a good manager is not to make the right decisions, but to make your decisions right.

I always found that the harder I worked, the luckier I got.

Being in the dugout is like being in a jail. Once they let you out, you want to run.

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

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five players who hate you away from the four who haven’t made up their minds.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

I don’t know if I particularly feel like managing, especially managing the New York Mets.

The team has come along slow. Too slow for an 85-year-old man.

There comes a time in every man’s life and I’ve had many of them.

There are three kinds of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.

Trying to hit Don Drysdale is like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.

You have to have a tough attitude to succeed in this business because everyone wants to fire you.

The secret of managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the five guys who haven’t made up their minds.

I’m a nice guy, but sometimes I’m not very nice on the field.

The secret of managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the five guys who are undecided.

The secret of managing is to keep everyone who hates you away from the ones who are undecided.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

You have to learn what makes each player tick. Once you know what makes them tick, you can help them become the best player they can be.

The key to managing is keeping the five guys who hate you away from the five guys who are undecided.

Managing is getting paid for sleeping with your eyes open.

It’s easy to find fault, but it’s harder to find a solution.

The most important thing in managing is to have the confidence of your team.

Don’t tell me about the world. I’ve been around the block a few times. There’s nothing you can show me that I haven’t seen before.

I never want to see the Mets win another game. I just don’t, unless I’m somewhere else, like Miami.

Managing is like herding cats. You just have to let them roam a little bit, and hope they come back when you need them.

Managing is like playing a game of chess. You have to think several moves ahead and anticipate your opponent’s next move.

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