Baseball Quotes by Casey Stengel

Son, it ain't the water cooler that's striking you out.

— Casey Stengel

I never saw a player who had greater promise.

— Casey Stengel

I couldn't have done it without my players.

— Casey Stengel

Wake up muscles we're in New York now.

— Casey Stengel

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

— Casey Stengel

What do you think, I was born at 60?

— Casey Stengel

You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.

— Casey Stengel

He (Mickey Mantle) has it in his body to be great.

— Casey Stengel

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys…

— Casey Stengel

The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you.

— Casey Stengel

Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.

— Casey Stengel

You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

— Casey Stengel

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

— Casey Stengel

“Plea to the early 1960's NY Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?”

— Casey Stengel

You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the…

— Casey Stengel

Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times?

— Casey Stengel

I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball…

— Casey Stengel

I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only…

— Casey Stengel

I became a major league manager in several cities and was discharged. We call it discharged because there was no question I…

— Casey Stengel

If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel…

— Casey Stengel

Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it thirty-six years and…

— Casey Stengel

He (Mickey Mantle) should lead the league in everything. With his combination of speed and power he should win the triple batting…

— Casey Stengel

(Rogers) Hornsby could run like anything but not like this kid. (Ty) Cobb was the fastest I ever saw for being sensational…

— Casey Stengel

If I've got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an…

— Casey Stengel

Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he…

— Casey Stengel

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had baseball knuckles and couldn't become a dentist...I…

— Casey Stengel

They got a lot of kids now whose uniforms are so tight, especially the pants, that they cannot bend over to pick…

— Casey Stengel

Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'

— Casey Stengel

The Mets are gonna be amazing.

— Casey Stengel

The Mets has come along slow, but fast!

— Casey Stengel

Nobody ever had too many of them (pitchers).

— Casey Stengel

That kid can hit balls over buildings.

— Casey Stengel

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

— Casey Stengel

The way our luck has been lately, our fellas have been getting hurt on their days off.

— 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

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

— Casey Stengel

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

— Casey Stengel

We was going to get you a birthday cake, but we figured you'd drop it.

— Casey Stengel

Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.

— Casey Stengel

Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

— Casey Stengel