All Quotes by Yogi Berra
“I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.”
“I don't mean to be funny.”
“Pair up in threes.”
“It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.”
“It's fun; baseball's fun.”
“I didn't know much about golf growing up.”
“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.”
“I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
“Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
“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 never said most of the things I said.”
“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
“From the kids on the neighborhood Stag Athletic Club baseball team on the Hill. We went to a movie one afternoon, and there was one of those yogi characters in the picture. Coming out of the joint, one of the kids looked at me, started laughing, and said: "Hey, Berra walks just like that yogi in the movie." I've been Yogi ever since.”
“What's wrong with readin' comic books? I don't understand this kiddin' about readin' comic books. When I get through with 'em the other players on our club borrow them from me. Nobody makes a fuss about that.”
“Closed.”
“Rock Hudson, I suppose.”
“Lopat was the cutest of the gang, the easiest to catch because he had almost perfect control of every pitch at different speeds. He made batters impatient. They couldn't wait for what looked so easy to hit and they'd swing at his motion.”
“But it don't bother me. I never yet saw anybody hit the baseball with their face. Besides, I like to get kidded; that means they like me. When they stop kidding me, I'm in trouble.”
“My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.”
“I gotta shake hands with himǃ That's one guy I know I'm better lookin' than.”
“I dunno. This game is getting funnier and funnier. We do everything but punch 'em in the nose and here we are all tied up in the Series. We flatten 'em by scores of 16-3, 10-0 and 12-0 and we still need one more to win. How do you figure that? Don't write this, but even if they beat us tomorrow, we're the better club.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
“Sometimes I think there must be two Yogi Berras. There is the one who grew up on the Hill in St, Louis, who's been playing ball for the Yankees for fourteen years, has a beautiful wife named Carmen and three boys, Larry, Timmy, and Dale, and lives in a nice house in Montclair, N. J. That's me. Then there's the one you read about in the papers who is a kind of a comic-strip character, like Li'l Abner or Joe Palooka. [...] I don't know that Yogi at all, because he doesn't exist.”
“For a while, he was far better than the team around him, and he could give me fits..”
“It's unbelievable that Phil had to wait so long to get in to the Hall of Fame. Maris's home run record in 1961 has become something of a curse. He wasn't just a home run hitter, he could do everything—hit in the clutch, field, throw and run.”
“Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't go to yours.”
“Dickey's teaching me all of his experience.”
“I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”
“I looked like this when I was young, and I still do.”
“I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.”
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”
“If you ask me a question I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
“If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.”
“If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.”
“It ain't over till it's over.”
“It gets late early out there.”
“Little things are big.”
“Pair up in threes.”
“Thank you for making this day necessary.”
“We made too many of the wrong mistakes.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
“[What time is it?] You mean now?”
“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
“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?”
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”
“I don't mean to be funny.”
“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.”
“Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.”
“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”
“Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
“Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
“You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.”
“He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.”
“I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.”
“I never said half the things I said.”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
“I never said most of the things I said.”
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
“I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.”
“I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.”
“I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”
“I guess I've got a smart wife.”
“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?”
“If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
“You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.”
“We have deep depth.”
“If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.”
“Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”
“90% of the game is half mental.”
“How can you think and hit at the same time?”
“Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.”
“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”
“The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”
“I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.”
“I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”
“I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.”
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
“It ain't the heat, it's the humility.”
“You can observe a lot by just watching.”
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”
“It gets late early out there.”
“It ain't over till it's over.”
“If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.”
“It's like deja-vu, all over again.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
“The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”
“There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.”
“Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
“You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“I'm glad I was in the Navy.”
“You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.”
“I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
“So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.”
“I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.”
“If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”
“I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.”
“Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”
“Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”
“All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”
“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.”
“If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.”
“If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
“Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.”
“I never said most of the things I said.”
“In baseball, you don't know nothing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”