Stengel’s Laws
Charles Dillon 'Casey' Stengel, legendary baseball manager and a pretty good ball player before that (.284 lifetime average), was celebrated for his wise but often mangled thoughts. For example:
Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice versa.
The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided.
You make your own luck. (See Rickey’s Law for more.)
[Re ball players breaking curfew] It ain’t getting it that hurts them, it’s staying up all night looking for it. They gotta learn that if you don’t get it by midnight, you ain’t going to get it and if you do it ain’t worth it.
I’ll never make the mistake of being seventy again. (Upon being fired by the New York Yankees in 1960, after having won ten American League pennants and seven world series in the preceding dozen years.)
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