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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

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You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

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They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

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If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army.

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I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

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You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

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You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.

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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

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Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

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I got players with bad watches - they can't tell midnight from noon.

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The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

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The Yankees don't pay me to win every day, just two out of three.

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

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Most ball games are lost, not won.

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Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

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It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

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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.

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They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

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Never make predictions, especially about the future.

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You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.

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The trick is growing up without growing old.

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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don't drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren't speaking and I said I'll take that drink.

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

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Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose 'em I never knew existed before.

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

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The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

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Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

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I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

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I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.

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Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.

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

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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.

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If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

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