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68 Yogi Berra Quotes

Berra's quips are funny and sly, about sports, life, and time.

Yogi Berra quotes

  1. You mean now?

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  2. 90 percent of putts that fall short don't go in.

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  3. A good ball club.

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  4. A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road.

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  5. Don't get me right, I'm just asking!

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  6. No one goes there any more, it's too crowded.

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  7. A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

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  8. Always go to other peoples' funerals otherwise they won't go to yours.

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  9. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

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  10. Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

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  11. He's a big clog in their machine.

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  12. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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  13. I'm as red as a sheet.

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  14. I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did!

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  15. I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.

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  16. I couldn't tell if the streaker was a man or a woman because it had a bag on its head.

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  17. I guess that's the earliest I've ever been late.

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

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  19. 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?

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  20. I think they just got through marinating the greens.

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  21. I usually take a two hour nap from 1 to 4.

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  22. I want to thank you for making this day necessary.

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  23. I wish I had an answer to that, because I'm tired of answering that question.

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  24. I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

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  25. If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping.

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

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  27. If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

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  28. If you ask me a question I don't know I'm not going to answer.

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  29. If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

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  30. If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else.

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  31. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

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  32. It ain't over 'til it's over.

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  33. It gets late awfully early around here.

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  34. It's like deja vu all over again.

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  35. It's never happened in World Series competition, and it still hasn't.

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  36. It's not too far it just seems like it is.

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  37. It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

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  38. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.

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  39. Little League baseball is a good thing 'cause it keeps the parents off the streets and it keeps the kids out of the house!

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  40. Most of his homeruns were hit on artificial turf.

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  41. Never answer an anonymous letter.

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  42. Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical.

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  43. Overwhelming underdogs.

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  44. Pair up in threes.

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  45. Pitching always beats batting -- and vice-versa.

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  46. Slump? I ain't in no slump! I just ain't hitting.

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  47. Steve McQueen looks good in this movie. He must have made it before he died.

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  48. Surprise me!

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  49. The future ain't what it used to be.

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  50. The only reason I need these gloves is cause of my hands.

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  51. The other team could make trouble for us if they win.

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  52. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

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  53. The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

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    Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

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

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  55. Think? How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

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  56. We have a good time together, even when we're not together.

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  57. We made too many wrong mistakes.

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  58. We're lost but we're making good time.

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  59. When you get to a fork in the road, take it.

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  60. Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

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  61. You better make it four. I don't think I could eat eight.

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  62. You can observe a lot by watching.

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  63. You don't hit with your face.

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  64. You don't look so hot yourself.

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  65. Yogi's teacher You don't know anything, do you Berra?

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  66. You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

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  67. The similarities between me and my father are completely different.

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  68. I can't concentrate when I'm thinking.

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