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Famous Yogi Berra Quotes
“Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future.”
“In baseball, you don't know nothin'.”
Source: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
“Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.”
“I've been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing.”
“Bill Dickey learned me all his experience.”
Source: You Can Observe A Lot By Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life
“You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough.”
“I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.”
“Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry.”
“Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.”
“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”
Source: The Yogi Book
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”
“You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.”
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
Source: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All
“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
“I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.”
Source: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
“I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”
“I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.”
“If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
“There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.”
“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”
“If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.”
“I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”