Yogi Berra Biography | Inspiration Quotations | Motivation Quotes

Yogi Berra Motivational Quotations:

• “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”

• “Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”

•  “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

• “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”

•  “I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.”

•  “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”

•  “You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.”

  

   

• “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”

•  “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

•  “You can observe a lot by watching.”

•  “It ain't the heat, it's the humility.”

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

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

• “I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.”

•  “Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”

•  “I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.”

•  “Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.”

•  “Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.”

•  “It ain't over till it's over.”

•  “It's like deja-vu, all over again.”

•  “I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.”

•  “You can observe a lot by just watching.”

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

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

  

•  “I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”

•  “The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”

•  “You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.”

•  “There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.”

•  “It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.”

•  “When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.”

•  “The future ain't what it used to be.”

•  “Pair up in threes.”

•  “I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.”

•  “I'm glad I was in the Navy.”

•  “If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”

•  “I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?”

•  “It's fun; baseball's fun.”

•  “I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.”

•  “If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”

•  “I don't mean to be funny.”

•  “You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.”

•  “I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.”

•  “Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.”

•  “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

•  “If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.”

•  “Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”

•  “We made too many wrong mistakes.”

•  “Even Napoleon had his Watergate.”

•  “A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”

•  “I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”

•  “Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.”

•  “It gets late early out there.”

•  “A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.”

•  “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”

•  “In baseball, you don't know nothing.”

•  “I never said half the things I said.”

•  “If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.”

•  “So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.”

•  “All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”

•  “If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

•  “How can you think and hit at the same time?”

•  “I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.”

•  “If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.”

•  “I didn't know much about golf growing up.”

•  “I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.”

•  “I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”

•  “He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.”

•  “Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.”

•  “I guess I've got a smart wife.”

•  “I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.”

•  “If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”

• I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.

•  “I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.”