Quotes from Yogi Berra


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


I don't mean to be funny.


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


I didn't know much about golf growing up.


How can you think and hit at the same time?


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


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


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


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


I never said most of the things I said.


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.


Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.


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


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


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 ain't the heat, it's the humility.


The future ain't what it used to be.


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