256 Quotes by Casey Stengel

Whenever I decided to release a guy, I always had his room searched first for a gun. You couldn’t take any chances with some of them birds.

I love signing autographs. I’ll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.

I don’t know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

I don’t like them fellas who drive in two runs and let in three.

After a deplorable day afield, when asked by a reporter what he thought of his team’s execution.

It’s high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.

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

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