Yogi Berra Quotes

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

2. “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”

3. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

4. “If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”

5. “Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.”

6. “Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.”

7. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”

8. “You can observe a lot by just watching.”

9. “It ain't over till it's over.”

10. “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”

11. “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”

12. “I never said most of the things I said.”

13. “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

14. “The future ain't what it used to be.”

15. “It gets late early out there.”

16. “A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”

17. “It ain't the heat, it's the humility.”

18. “You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.”

19. “It's like deja-vu, all over again.”

20. “You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.”

21. “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”

22. “I'm glad I was in the Navy.”

23. “I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.”

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

25. “I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”

26. “We have deep depth.”

27. “If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.”

28. “You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.”

29. “I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.”

30. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.”

31. “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”

32. “Slump? I ain't in no slump… I just ain't hitting.”

33. “I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”

34. “You can observe a lot by watching.”

35. “Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.”

36. “We made too many wrong mistakes.”

37. “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?”

38. “The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”

39. “You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.”

40. “I guess I've got a smart wife.”

41. “I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.”

42. “I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”

43. “Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”

44. “I never said half the things I said.”

45. “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”

46. “I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.”

47. “It's fun; baseball's fun.”

48. “How can you think and hit at the same time?”

49. “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.”

50. “Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.”

51. “So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.”

52. “In baseball, you don't know nothing.”

53. “If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”

54. “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.”

55. “Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”

56. “I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.”

57. “I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”

58. “Pair up in threes.”

59. “I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.”

60. “All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”

61. “I didn't know much about golf growing up.”

62. “Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”

63. “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.”

64. “I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.”

65. “I don't mean to be funny.”

66. “If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.”

67. “I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.”

68. “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.”

69. “If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.”

70. “It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.”

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

72. “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.”

73. “I enjoy now doing what I do… playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.”