88 Yogi Berra Quotes

Yogi Berra quotes

1. You mean now?

2. 90 percent of putts that fall short don't go in.

3. A good ball club.

4. A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road.

5. Don't get me right, I'm just asking!

6. No one goes there any more, it's too crowded.

7. A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

8. Always go to other peoples' funerals otherwise they won't go to yours.

9. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

10. Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

11. He's a big clog in their machine.

12. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

13. I'm as red as a sheet.

14. I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did!

15. I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.

16. I couldn't tell if the streaker was a man or a woman because it had a bag on its head.

17. I guess that's the earliest I've ever been late.

18. I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.

19. 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?

20. I think they just got through marinating the greens.

21. I usually take a two hour nap from 1 to 4.

22. I want to thank you for making this day necessary.

23. I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question.

24. I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

25. If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping.

26. If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.

27. If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

28. If you ask me a question I don't know I'm not going to answer.

29. If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

30. If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else.

31. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

32. It ain't over 'til it's over.

33. It gets late awfully early around here.

34. It's like deja vu all over again.

35. It's never happened in World Series competition, and it still hasn't.

36. It's not too far it just seems like it is.

37. It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

38. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.

39. Little League baseball is a good thing 'cause it keeps the parents off the streets and it keeps the kids out of the house!

40. Most of his homeruns were hit on artificial turf.

41. Never answer an anonymous letter.

42. Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical.

43. Overwhelming underdogs.

44. Pair up in threes.

45. Pitching always beats batting -- and vice-versa.

46. Slump? I ain't in no slump! I just ain't hitting.

47. Steve McQueen looks good in this movie. He must have made it before he died.

48. Surprise me!

49. The future ain't what it used to be.

50. The only reason I need these gloves is cause of my hands.

51. The other team could make trouble for us if they win.

52. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

53. The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

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54. There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

55. Think? How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

56. We have a good time together, even when we're not together.

57. We made too many wrong mistakes.

58. We're lost but we're making good time.

59. When you get to a fork in the road, take it.

60. Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

61. You better make it four. I don't think I could eat eight.

62. You can observe a lot by watching.

63. You don't hit with your face.

64. You don't look so hot yourself.

65. Yogi's teacher You don't know anything, do you Berra?

66. You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

67. The similarities between me and my father are completely different.

68. I can't concentrate when I'm thinking.

1. If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

2. If you dont know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

3. I never said most of the things I said.

4. You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough.

5. Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

6. Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

7. I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.

8. Baseball player: "What time is it?" "You mean now?"

9. In baseball, you don't know nothing.

10. Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

11. I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

12. A good time to hit is with men on base, because the pitcher ain't got no place to put you. He's going to get that ball around there somewhere. He don't want to walk you.

13. Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.

14. It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.

15. Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.

16. Ok you guys, pair up in threes!

17. When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.

18. You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

19. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.

20. When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said.