Yogi’s Quotes
Besides being a baseball
legend, Yogi Berra has had a habit of periodically fracturing the English
language. Here are a few malapropisms
that have been attributed to Yogi – and in some cases, probably erroneously. In Yogi’s words (maybe) “I didn’t really say
most of the things I said.”
A nickel ain't worth a dime
anymore.
Baseball is ninety percent
mental. The other half is physical.
How can you hit and think at
the same time?
I don't know (if they were
men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their
heads.
I don't want to make the
wrong mistake.
If people don't want to come
out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
I'm not going to buy my kids
an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
In theory there is no
difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
It's tough to make
predictions, especially about the future.
Interviewer - "Why,
you're a fatalist!"
Yogi Berra - "You mean
I save postage stamps? Not me."
Little League baseball is a
very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Mrs. Lindsay - "You
certainly look cool."
Yogi Berra - "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
Nobody goes there anymore
because it's too crowded.
"That ain't the way to
spell my name." - After he got a check that read 'Pay to bearer'
The future ain't what it
used to be.
When you come to a fork in
the road, take it.
You can observe a lot just
by watching.
You give 100% in the first half
of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.
You've got to be very
careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there.
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