Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel
Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel, nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth30 July 1890
CityKansas City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
player great-men response
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
baseball player promise
I never saw a player who had greater promise.
baseball player clubs
Mantle had more ability than any player I ever had on that club.
baseball player done
I couldn't have done it without my players.
sports successful player
I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.
baseball player watches
I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.
player
Even my players aren't players.
teamwork player team-building
It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.
baseball sex player
The trouble is not that players have sex the night before a game. It's that they stay out all night looking for it.
teamwork player team-building
Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part.
american-athlete guys hate managing secret
The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
convention interested last listened night republican seen stayed watched
I stayed up last night and watched the Republican Convention all night long. I watched all of them talk, and listened to them and seen them and I'm not interested in politics. If you watch them and listen to them you can find out why.
ask english invited people speak talk
People ask me, 'Casey, how can you speak so much when you don't talk English too good?' Well, I've been invited to Europe, and I say, 'They don't speak English over there too good, either.'
You got to get 27 outs to win.