Yogi Berra Quotes

Half the game is 90% mental.

Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once.

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

It is a disturbing conundrum that true free will cannot exist without the possibility of suicide. Then again, it ain't over 'til it's over!

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

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.

It gets late early out there.

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.

When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said.

Man was not made to travel faster than a baseball

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

If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.

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

You can observe a lot by just watching.

I don't know if it's good for baseball, but it sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto!

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

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

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

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

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.

How can a you hit and think at the same time?

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.

I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.

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

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

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

The game isn't over till it's over.

It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.

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

Swing at the strikes.

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet.

I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I'm not gonna make it working... I like to play ball too much. Which I did. I played hard. You gotta work at this game. You really do. And its fun doing it if you do it the right way.

I don't see how he lost five games during the season.

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.

I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.

You gotta call a blacksmith.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

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

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

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

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

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

We're lost, but we're making good time.

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

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

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

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?

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

In baseball, you don't know nothin'.

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.

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

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

Failure is just another opportunity to start over.

I don't mean to be funny.

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

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

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