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Quotes by Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra

“It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.”

“The future aint what it used to be.”

“Its like déjà vu all over again”

“Half the lies they tell about me arent true.”

“I never said most of the things I said.”

“When you come to the fork in the road, take it”

“You wouldnt have won if wed beaten you.”

“95% of this game is half mental.”

“We made too many wrong mistakes.”

“A nickel aint worth a dime anymore.”

“When discussing Mickey Mantle being a switch-hitter: Boy, Id give my right arm to be ambidextrous.”

“Yogi met George Bush during an election campaign. Bush said Texas was important. Yogi said Texas has a lot of electrical votes.”

“Im not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”

“When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, Id give it back.”

“He hits from both sides of the plate. Hes amphibious.”

“You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isnt enough in the second half you give whats left.”

“I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”

“The future isnt what it used to be.”

“Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a talent; my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.”

“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”