If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

Quote by Casey Stengel

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Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or...

Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: You can win or...

The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.

You gotta lose 'em some of the time. When you do, lose 'em right.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

Oldtimers weekends and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're...

Oldtimers weekends and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're...

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

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

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the...

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the...

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched...

I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched...

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that...

The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that...

Old timers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them,...

Old timers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them,...

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

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

How the hell should I know? Most of the people my age are dead. You...

How the hell should I know? Most of the people my age are dead. You...

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height.

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or...

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or...

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had...

I want to thank my parents for letting me play baseball. I'm thankful I had...

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been...

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been...

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

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

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting...

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.

For age and want save while you may, No morning sun lasts a whole day.