Top 226 Quotes & Sayings by Yogi Berra - Page 3

We were over-whelming underdogs.

Buy a stock, if it goes up, sell it, if it goes down, don't buy it.

I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!

Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off.

The future is not what it used to be.

Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future.

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

Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future.

Ninety percent of the game (baseball) is half mental.

Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry.

I didn't say the things I said.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

Every time I see him, he's not there.

As a general comment on baseball:"90% of the game is half mental."

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.

Nobody comes here anymore, its too crowded

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name.

Half the game is 90% mental.

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

You can tell a lot just by looking at it.

I've always felt real blessed, especially to live in this country. If you dream hard and work hard, anything can happen here-I'm perfect proof.

Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You need to have goals, create milestones and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success.

You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers. You can play ball all day long. My kids used to try to get me out there, but I'd just say, "Go play with your brothers." If kids want to do something, they'll do it. They don't need adults to do it for them.

Swing at the strikes.

80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in.

Texas has a lot of electrical votes.

He [Steve McQueen] must have made that before he died.

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.

Losing's a great motivator.

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. [During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election]

You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you.

You can't make anybody do anything, if they don't want to.

When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.

Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.

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

Never answer an anonymous letter.

When giving directions to Joe Garagiola to his New Jersey home, which is accessible by two routes: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

What Time Is It? You Mean Now?

The future isn't what is used to be.

Never answer anonymous letters.

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

I'd find the fellow who lost it [million dollars], and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend.

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

Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself.

The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don't worry. You can't expect to get a hit every game.

Yogi ordered a pizza. The waitress asked How many pieces do you want your pie cut? Yogi responded, Four. I don't think I could eat eight.

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

Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future.

I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.

What a house - nothin' but rooms!

It's not over until it's over.

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

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.

You can see a lot just by observing.

What makes a good man?

If you don't set goals, you'll never reach them. Or like they say in golf, if you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time. Take any player in the major leagues: I'd say just about everyone of them had a dream - a goal - to be a big-leaguer when they were kids. It wasn't an easy goal, but it was a reachable one, and that's important.

Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.

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