Yogi passed away which is sad and no joke but Yogi sure had some memorable quotes.. This seemed like the best place to post on Yogisms.. RIP Yogi! ...................... Yogisms: Yogi Berra's Best Sayings | MLB.com • Perhaps his most famous of all: "It ain't over 'til it's over." • "Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." • On posterity: "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken." • "You can observe a lot by watching." • "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." • About a St. Louis restaurant: "No one goes there anymore. It's too crowded." • About the effect of the sun in left field in the old Yankee Stadium during late-season games: "It gets late early out there." • About Bill Dickey: "He learned me all his experience." • "If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?" • "We made too many wrong mistakes." • "Pie a la mode, with ice cream." • "I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question." • "You tell the stupidest questions." • "Never answer an anonymous letter." • On the great Sandy Koufax: "I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand is how he lost five." • On lining up for a Spring Training drill: "Pair 'em up in threes." • On the 1973 Mets: "We were overwhelming underdogs." • The recording heard on the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center's phone: "This message won't be over 'til it's done." • "In baseball, you don't know nothing." • On being honored in his hometown of St. Louis during his rookie season: "I want to thank everybody for making this day necessary." • "The future ain't what it used to be." • "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel." • On pregame preparation: "I usually take a two-hour nap from 1 to 4." • On advising a young player trying to emulate the great Frank Robinson's swing: "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him." • "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." • "All pitchers are liars or crybabies." • On his hitting approach: "I can't think and hit at the same time." • "So I'm ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face."
My favorite Yogi-ism: "If you see a fork in the road, take it." In his prime as a ballplayer he was very tough to strike out; and was also known as a "bad" ball hitter. He could swing at pitches outside of the strike zone, successfully making contact for singles, doubles, and homeruns. He wasn't the fleetest of foot, being a career catcher, so triples were rare for him.
A baseball record obscured by his persona. I'll miss ya Yogi! please tell me there is baseball in heaven....