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Never make predictions, especially about the future.

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

Most ball games are lost not won.

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how ...

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

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still unde...

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You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you...

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

Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.

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

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

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The trick is growing up without growing old.

I want you all to line up in alphabetical order according to your size.

Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that ...

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

Most ball games are lost, not won.

The team has come along slow but fast.

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Casey Stengel

Baseball Manager

Born: 1890-07-30

Died: 1975-09-29

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel (30 July 1890 – 29 September 1975) was an American baseball player and manager from the early 1910s into the 1960s. In the 1950s, sportswriters dubbed him with yet another nickname, "The Old Perfessor", for his sharp wit and his ability to talk at length on anything baseball-related. He is regarded as one of baseball's more colourful personalities.More