Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American baseball player Yogi Berra.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only six players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
You can observe a lot by watching.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
Pair up in threes.
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
In baseball, you don't know nothing.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
I don't mean to be funny.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
It ain't over till it's over.
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
It's like deja-vu, all over again.
It gets late early out there.
I guess I've got a smart wife.
You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
I never said most of the things I said.
It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.
If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
We have deep depth.
I'm glad I was in the Navy.
I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
The future ain't what it used to be.
I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
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?