Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

Quote by Casey Stengel

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The team has come along slow but fast.

The team has come along slow but fast.

Most games are lost, not won.

Most games are lost, not won.

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

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.

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

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

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...

Most ball games are lost, not won.

Most ball games are lost, not won.

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.

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

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

If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army.

If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army.

That game was so famous they never used me.

That game was so famous they never used me.

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

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

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who...

They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who...

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

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...

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a...

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a...

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.