Top 226 Quotes & Sayings by Yogi Berra - Page 2
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Last updated on December 24, 2024.
A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
It's fun; baseball's fun.
Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
I didn't know much about golf growing up.
I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.
I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.
How can you think and hit at the same time?
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.
50% of all married people are women
I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.
Doing the little things can make a big difference.
I don't want to make the wrong mistake.
Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once.
Failure is just another opportunity to start over.
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.
Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.
If you're going to cheat, it's better if you don't get caught.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
If I didn't wake up I'd still be sleeping
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.
We're lost, but we're making good time.
Little things are big.
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'
Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.
Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
In theory, practice should work like theory. In practice, it doesn't.
I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.
You can get old pretty young if you don't
take care of yourself.
Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.
That's too coincidental to be a coincidence.
The game isn't over till it's over.
The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.
Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.
You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough.
Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.
Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.
Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.
You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.
If you don't know where you're going, when you get there you'll be lost.
It's not too far; it just seems like it is.
If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.
Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.
If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.
I can't concentrate when I'm thinking.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: "I really didn't say everything I said."
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