“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“You can look it up.”

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