yogi-isms

Yogi-isms

1. "This is like deja vu all over again."
2. "You can observe a lot just by watching."
3. When asked what he'd do if he found a million dollars - "I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it."
4. "You've got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."
5. "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
6. "If you don't know where you are going, you'll wind up somewhere else."
7. "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
8. "Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."
9. "It was impossible to get a conversation going; everyone was talking too much."
10. "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I'm just not hitting."
11. "A nickel isn't worth a dime today."
12. "Don't follow the crowd, nobody does that; it's too crowded."
13. When Yogi was asked for the time - "You mean now?"
14. "I take a two hour nap from one o'clock to four."
15. "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
16. "You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second you give whats left."
17. "90% of the putts that are short don't go in."
18. "I made a wrong mistake."
19. After being told he looked cool - "Thanks, you don't look too hot yourself."
20. "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
21. In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost." - "Yeah, but we're making great time."
22. "If the fans don't come out to the ballpark, you can't stop them."
23. "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."
24. "It's never happened in the World Series Competition, and it still hasn't."
25. Upon recieving a check from Jack Buck entitled to bearer - "How long have you known me Jack, and you still can't spell my name right."
26. "The other team could make trouble for us if they win."
27. "I didn't really say everything I said."
28. "The towels there were so thick, I could hardly close my suitcase."
29. "It ain't over till it's over."
30. "You couldn't tell what gender the streaker was because they had a bag over their head."
31. "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours."
32. When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations that year - "I'd say he's done more than that."
33. In Aflac commercial - "Well, if you get hurt and miss work, it won't hurt to miss work."
34. In Aflac commercial - "And they give you cash, which is just as good as money."
35. On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947 - "I'd like to thank you for making this day necessary."
36. "Half of the lies they tell about me aren't true."
37. "I'm not going to buy my kids a encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
38. "The future ain't what it used to be."
39. "Never answer an anonymous letter."
40. When asked about life insurance - "I'll buy it when I die."
41. "The only reason I need these gloves are my hands."

Yogi Berra is a catcher in the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Here are some of his Yogi-isms.