This is like deja vu all over again.
--Yogi Berra
Half the game is 90% mental.
--Yogi Berra
If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping.
--Yogi Berra
Slump ? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hittin.
--Yogi Berra
Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical
--Yogi Berra
"You can observe a lot just by watching."
--Yogi Berra
"He must have made that before he died."
-- Referring to a Steve McQueen movie.
--Yogi Berra
"I want to thank you for making this day necessary."
-- On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947.
--Yogi Berra
"I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it."
-- When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.
--Yogi Berra
"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"
--Yogi Berra
"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where
you're going, because you might not get there."
--Yogi Berra
"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
--Yogi Berra
"If you don't know where you are going, you will
wind up somewhere else."
--Yogi Berra
"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."
--Yogi Berra
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because
I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
--Yogi Berra
"It was impossible to get a conversation going;
everybody was talking too much."
--Yogi Berra
"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."
--Yogi Berra
"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."
--Yogi Berra
"It gets late early out there."
-- Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium.
--Yogi Berra
"Glen Cove." -- Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show.
--Yogi Berra
Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis,
we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York.
If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?"
Yogi replied, "Surprise me."
--Yogi Berra
"Do you mean now?" -- When asked for the time.
--Yogi Berra
"I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."
--Yogi Berra
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
--Yogi Berra
"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game,
and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."
--Yogi Berra
"90% of the putts that are short don't go in."
--Yogi Berra
"I made a wrong mistake."
--Yogi Berra
"Texas has a lot of electrical votes."
-- During an election campaign, after George Bush
stated that Texas was important to the election.
--Yogi Berra
"Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
-- After being told he looked cool.
--Yogi Berra
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
--Yogi Berra
"Yeah, but we're making great time!"
-- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost."
--Yogi Berra
"If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."
--Yogi Berra
"It ain't the heat; it's the humility."
--Yogi Berra
"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
--Yogi Berra
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise,
they won't come to yours."
--Yogi Berra
"I didn't really say everything I said."
--Yogi Berra
"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."
--Yogi Berra
"It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."
--Yogi Berra
"How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know
how to spell my name." -- Upon receiving a check from
Jack Buck made out to "bearer."
--Yogi Berra
"I'd say he's done more than that." -- When asked if first baseman
Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.
--Yogi Berra
"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
--Yogi Berra
"He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light."
-- On the acquisition of fleet-footed Ricky Henderson.
--Yogi Berra
"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"
--Yogi Berra
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