56 Yogi Berra Quotes
1. Never answer an anonymous letter
2. It's deja vu all over again
3. When you come to a fork in the road....Take it
4. You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there
5. I didn't really say everything I said
6. At Yogi Berra day in St Louis 1947 - I want to thank you for making this day necessary
7. If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be
8. Yogi on the 1969 NY Mets..... overwhelming underdogs
9. On why NY lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh We made to many wrong mistakes
10. The future ain't what it used to be
11. Nobody ever eats at that restaurant anymore. It's always too crowded.
12. What time is it? You mean right NOW?
13. Ninety percent of baseball is half mental.
14. Right-handers go over there, left-handers go over there, the rest of you, come with me.
15. If the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's gonna stop them.
16. There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell em.
17. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
18. I want to thank all the people who made this night necessary.
19. Half the lies they tell me aren't true.
20. If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.
21. On why it's so tough to play left field in Yankee Stadium: "Because it gets late early."
22. Ordering sweaters: "That's the kind I want. I want one in Navy Blue and one in Navy brown."
23. On receiving a check made out to "Bearer": "How could you spell my namelike that?"
24. After being asked by a waitress if he wanted his pizza cut into four slices or eight: "Better make it four. I don't think I can eat eight pieces."
25. Why don't you pair 'em up in threes?
26. You can observe a lot just by watching.
27. It ain't over 'til it's over.
28. Yogi's son Dale, asked to compare himself with his father: "Our similarities are different."
29. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience. (in his rookie season)
30. So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
31. REPORTER: "How did you like school when you were growing up, Yogi?"
YOGI BERRA: "Closed."
32. KEN BOSWELL: "I'm in a rut. I can't break myself of this habit. I keep swinging up at the ball."
YOGI BERRA: "Well, swing down."
33. I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
34. A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
35. Yeah, what paper you write for, Ernie? (after being introduced to Ernest Hemingway)
36. In baseball, you don't know nothing.
37. INTERVIEWER: "I understand you had an audience with the Pope."
YOGI BERRA: "No, but I saw him."
38. INTERVIEWER: "When you saw the Pope, what did he say?"
YOGI BERRA: "Ya know, he must read the papers a lot, because he said, 'Hello, Yogi.'"
INTERVIEWER: "And what did you say?"
YOGI BERRA: "I said, 'Hello, Pope.'"
39. MARY LINDSAY: "You look nice and cool Yogi."
YOGI BERRA: "You don't look so hot yourself."
40. REPORTER: "What would you do if you found a million dollars?"
YOGI BERRA: "If the guy was poor, I would give it back."
41. Okay, who's in it? (when asked if he wanted to see a dirty movie).
42. GEORGE BUSH: "Yogi, Texas is very, very important."
YOGI BERRA: "I know, Texas has a lot of electrical votes."
43. Is he living? Is he living now? (playing 20 questions).
44. JOE PAGE: "[I] had been hunting with Enos Slaughter, and Enos had been jumping in and out of the bushes so much looking for quail that he got a cyst on his back."
YOGI BERRA: "What kind of bird is a cyst?"
45. Even the music was nice. (speaking of the opera "Tosca")
46. LARRY BERRA: "The man is here for the Venetian blinds."
YOGI BERRA: "Look in my pants pocket and give him five bucks."
47. I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
48. He is a big clog in their machine.
49. Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.
50. WOMAN: "Is Yoo-Hoo hyphenated?"
YOGI BERRA: "No, ma'am, its not even carbonated."
51. One day Yogi came home after a game, and asked his wife "Well, how was your day?".
And she said "Oh, I went to see Dr. Zhivago today".
And Yogi said "Oh, honey, what's wrong?".
52. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
53. Don't give me the answer, give me the question
54. Don't cry over spilt milk.
55. Romeo, oh Romeo
56. Phil me in
