Yogi Berra Quotes

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

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

Congratulstions on breaking my record. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken.

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

If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.

The future is not what it used to be.

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.

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.

I'd say he's done more than that.

Why don't you pair'em up in threes?

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

It's not over until it's over.

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.

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

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

He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light.

It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.

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

The future ain't what it used to be.

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

In baseball, you don't know nothin'.

I guess I've got a smart wife.

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

It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.

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.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

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

I didn't say the things I said.

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 wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

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

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.

If you don't know where you're going, when you get there you'll be lost.

I take a two hour nap between 1PM and 3PM.

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

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

Every entrepreneur deals with fears of failure. However, the truly successful know how to face these fears and keep on working.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

If I didn't wake up I'd still be sleeping

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

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

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

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

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