Casey Stengel

“You can look it up.”

“If you don't have a catcher, the ball goes to the backstop. Casey Stengel explaining why the Mets selected mediocre catcher Hobie Landrith first in the expansion draft.”

“I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again.”

“They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ball games.”

“In any group, you've got those who love you, those who hate you and those who are undecided. The key to leadership is to keep the ones who hate you away from those who are undecided.”

“The secret of managing is to keep the folks who hate you away from the ones who haven’t made up their minds yet. ”

“There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them. ”

“Mister, that boy couldn’t hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.”

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

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

“Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: you can win or you can lose or it can rain.”

“Plea to the early 1960's NY Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?”