He (Babe Ruth) was very brave at the plate. You rarely saw him fall away from a pitch. He stayed right in there. No one drove him out. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
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 got $2,100 a year when I started in the big league, and they get more money now. ...I… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
We're in such a slump that even the ones that are drinkin' aren't hittin'. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
They say he's [Yogi Berra] funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays… — Casey Stengel Copy Share
Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and I'm used… — Casey Stengel Copy Share
No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
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… — Casey Stengel Copy Share
The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
If you ran a delicatessen store, you would want to be the best delicatessen store, wouldn't you? Well, that's how I feel about the… — Casey Stengel Copy Share
You can't go out to the mound, hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane. — Casey Stengel Copy Share
