Yogi Berra Quotes & Sayings

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. — Yogi Berra

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is. — Yogi Berra

I've been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing. — Yogi Berra

I didn't say the things I said. — Yogi Berra

If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave. — Yogi Berra

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house. — Yogi Berra

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be. — Yogi Berra

Its getting late early — Yogi Berra

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. — Yogi Berra

You can observe a lot by just watching. — Yogi Berra

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? — Yogi Berra

Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future. — Yogi Berra

Ninety percent of the game (baseball) is half mental. — Yogi Berra

It's like deja-vu, all over again. — Yogi Berra

I didn't know much about golf growing up. — Yogi Berra

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. [During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election] — Yogi Berra

In baseball, you don't know nothing. — Yogi Berra

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you. — Yogi Berra

On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary." — Yogi Berra

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. — Yogi Berra

75% of baseball is mental the other half is phisical — Yogi Berra

I don't want to make the wrong mistake. — Yogi Berra

Every time I see him, he's not there. — Yogi Berra

Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: "I really didn't say everything I said." — Yogi Berra

Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore because it's too crowded. — Yogi Berra

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be. — Yogi Berra

It ain't over until it's over — Yogi Berra

Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself. — Yogi Berra

I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go. — Yogi Berra

You can observe a lot by watching. — Yogi Berra

You can see a lot just by observing. — Yogi Berra

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

Ok you guys, pair up in threes! — Yogi Berra

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet. — Yogi Berra

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. — Yogi Berra

When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.' — Yogi Berra

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. — Yogi Berra

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. — Yogi Berra

Bill Dickey learned me all his experience. — Yogi Berra

If you don't know where you're going, when you get there you'll be lost. — Yogi Berra

I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary. — Yogi Berra

Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes. — Yogi Berra

I've always felt real blessed, especially to live in this country. If you dream hard and work hard, anything can happen here-I'm perfect proof. — Yogi Berra

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

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking. — Yogi Berra

Pitching always beats batting - and vice-versa. — Yogi Berra

I couldn't tell if the streaker was a man or a woman because it had a bag on it's head. — Yogi Berra

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. — Yogi Berra

Cut my pie into four pieces, I don't think I could eat eight. — Yogi Berra

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. — Yogi Berra

It is a disturbing conundrum that true free will cannot exist without the possibility of suicide. Then again, it ain't over 'til it's over! — Yogi Berra

No, I don't go to that restaurant anymore. No body goes there. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name. — Yogi Berra

A nickel is not worth a penny more. — Yogi Berra

Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do. — Yogi Berra

Okay you guys, pair up in threes! — Yogi Berra

When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back. — Yogi Berra

Even Napoleon had his Watergate. — Yogi Berra

Every entrepreneur deals with fears of failure. However, the truly successful know how to face these fears and keep on working. — Yogi Berra

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France. — Yogi Berra

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling. — Yogi Berra

If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work. — Yogi Berra

It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't. — Yogi Berra

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five. — Yogi Berra

Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. — Yogi Berra

Doing the little things can make a big difference. — Yogi Berra

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show] — Yogi Berra

Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You need to have goals, create milestones and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success. — Yogi Berra

We made too many wrong mistakes. — Yogi Berra

On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." — Yogi Berra

You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you. — Yogi Berra

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. — Yogi Berra

What the hell is wrong with him now? — Yogi Berra

Buy a stock, if it goes up, sell it, if it goes down, don't buy it. — Yogi Berra

Failure is just another opportunity to start over. — Yogi Berra

We have deep depth. — Yogi Berra

Little things are big. — Yogi Berra

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

We're lost, but we're making good time. — Yogi Berra

All pitchers are liars or crybabies. — Yogi Berra

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. — Yogi Berra

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you. — Yogi Berra

You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough. — Yogi Berra

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer. — Yogi Berra

I'd say he's done more than that. — Yogi Berra

I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads. — Yogi Berra

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. — Yogi Berra

What difference does the uniform make? You don't hit with it. — Yogi Berra

The future ain't what it used to be. — Yogi Berra

Yogi ordered a pizza. The waitress asked How many pieces do you want your pie cut? Yogi responded, Four. I don't think I could eat eight. — Yogi Berra

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra

You can't make anybody do anything, if they don't want to. — Yogi Berra

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do. — Yogi Berra

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience. — Yogi Berra

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. — Yogi Berra

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot. — Yogi Berra

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

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

It ain't the heat, it's the humility. — Yogi Berra

I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I'm not gonna make it working ... I like to play ball too much. Which I did. I played hard. You gotta work at this game. You really do. And its fun doing it if you do it the right way. — Yogi Berra