Yogi Berra, One of the Funniest Men in Baseball.
I love quotes and funny sayings and Yogi Berra’s are some of my favorites.
Ever since Yogi Berra first played baseball for the Yankees in 1946, he’s been know for the things that he says.
Not bad things, oh no, just odd things. Things that really made no sense.
And, he would say them with such a straight face like he really thought you understood what he was talking about. But all he did was leave you dumbfounded, scratching your head, until all you could do was laugh.
His words are famous to this day. Here are a few of my favorites. I hope you get a giggle out of them, just like I do.
“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”
“No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.”
On being honored in his hometown of St. Louis during his rookie season: “I want to thank everybody for making this day necessary.”
“You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.”
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
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.”
“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
“Always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
“It’s deja vu all over again.”
“I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.”
“I never said most of the things I said.”
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
“He must have made that before he died.”
“90% of the putts that are short don’t go in.”
“Take it with a grin of salt”
References:
Wikipedia contributors. (2023, July 16). Yogi Berra. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 01:28, July 19, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yogi_Berra&oldid=1165666512
