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Yogi Berra
32 quotes
“You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain’t stopped him in 15 years.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking with teammates on July 12, 1949, during a pre-All-Star-Game clubhouse meeting, as quoted in Baseball is a Funny Game (1960) by Joe Garagiola; cited in "Point Blank" by Don Bryant, in The Lincoln Star (Sunday, J…
“From the kids on the neighborhood Stag Athletic Club baseball team on the Hill. We went to a movie one afternoon, and there was one of those yogi characters in the picture. Coming out of the joint, one of the kids looked at me, started laughing, and said: "Hey, Berra walks just like that yogi in the movie." I've been Yogi ever since.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1951 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Yogi Credits Dickey For His Climb" by Harry Grayson, in The Hendersonville Times-News (Thursday, November 22, 1951), p. 8.
“What's wrong with readin' comic books? I don't understand this kiddin' about readin' comic books. When I get through with 'em the other players on our club borrow them from me. Nobody makes a fuss about that.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1952 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Al Abrams, from "Sidelight on Sports: A New One on Yogi" in The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, September 15, 1952), p. 20.
“I always know how Hutch did when we follow Detroit into a town. If we got stools in the dressing room, I know he won. If we got kindling, he lost.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding pitcher , as quoted by Emmett Watson in "In Sunshine or Shadow," Sports Illustrated (August 26, 1957), p. 34
“Rock Hudson, I suppose.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Responding, in kind, to Joe Garagiola's facetious request for Berra's opinion as to who would star in his film biography, as quoted in "Yogi Battles Third and Finds It Hot" by Arthur Daley, in The Salt Lake Tribune (Mon…
“Before the playoff game in a World Series with the Dodgers in Brooklyn, Casey Stengel said in the clubhouse, "Well, this is it. Now who do you want to pitch?" The 40 guys in the clubhouse shouted "Raschi!" so loud the Dodgers must have heard it across the way. That's what we Yankees thought of Raschi. What did Raschi have? He had a slider and a curve that wasn't too good, but what made him so rough was a fast ball that got them out. Funny thing about him was that he couldn't relieve as good as Toots Shor. The guy was built to finish what he started.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Raschi Was Best Hurler: Yogi" by Harry Grayson, in The Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian (Thursday, March 17, 1960), p. 3B.
“Lopat was the cutest of the gang, the easiest to catch because he had almost perfect control of every pitch at different speeds. He made batters impatient. They couldn't wait for what looked so easy to hit and they'd swing at his motion.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But it don't bother me. I never yet saw anybody hit the baseball with their face. Besides, I like to get kidded; that means they like me. When they stop kidding me, I'm in trouble.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Stupid, You Say?" by Frank Litsky, in The Milwaukee Sentinel American Weekly (Sunday, September 18, 1960), p. 7.
“My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I gotta shake hands with himǃ That's one guy I know I'm better lookin' than.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh; as quoted in "The Village Smithyː Bobby Bragan Gets Good Seat To See 'My Boys' In Series; Yogi 'Better Looking' Than Danny" by Chester L. Smith, in The Pittsburgh Press (Wednesday, Oct…
“I dunno. This game is getting funnier and funnier. We do everything but punch 'em in the nose and here we are all tied up in the Series. We flatten 'em by scores of 16-3, 10-0 and 12-0 and we still need one more to win. How do you figure that? Don't write this, but even if they beat us tomorrow, we're the better club.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the 1960 World Series; as quoted in "We Flattened 'Em, Yet We're Only Tied'" by Joe Reichler (AP), in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (October 13, 1960), p. 35
“Sometimes I think there must be two Yogi Berras. There is the one who grew up on the Hill in St, Louis, who's been playing ball for the Yankees for fourteen years, has a beautiful wife named Carmen and three boys, Larry, Timmy, and Dale, and lives in a nice house in Montclair, N. J. That's me. Then there's the one you read about in the papers who is a kind of a comic-strip character, like Li'l Abner or Joe Palooka. [...] I don't know that Yogi at all, because he doesn't exist.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player (February 1961) by Berra with Ed Fitzgerald; reproduced in "Berra Dispels Li'l Abner Myth" by Berra and Fitzgerald, in The Boston Globe (Saturday, July 2, 1…
“Look, I was surprised when they offered me the job and I knew they weren't fooling, but this is not a joke. It will have to be fun for me to want to keep it, but I am not a joke.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Regarding his upcoming debut as Yankees manager; quoted in "If Yanks Lose, I'll Be Blamed" by Milton Gross, The Boston Globe (February 17, 1964), p. 15.
“For a while, he was far better than the team around him, and he could give me fits.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Alex Kellner, the pitcher Berra claimed gave him the most trouble; as quoted in The Greatest Team of All Time: As Selected by Baseball Immortals from Ty Cobb to Willie Mays (1994), compiled by Nicholas Acocella and D…
“It's unbelievable that Phil had to wait so long to get in to the Hall of Fame. Maris's home run record in 1961 has become something of a curse. He wasn't just a home run hitter, he could do everything—hit in the clutch, field, throw and run.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dickey's teaching me all of his experience.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "This Morning" by Shirley Povich, in The Washington Post (Thursday, March 17, 1949), p. 2S; and again on March 20—as "Dickey's teaching me all his experience"—by Arthur Daley in The New York Times; and on M…
“I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Yogi book: I really didn't say everything I said!, Workman Publishing, 1997, , p. 91. Originally from a congratulatory telegram to Johnny Bench on breaking his record for home runs by a catcher.
“I looked like this when I was young, and I still do.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003,
“I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Yogi book: I really didn't say everything I said!, Workman Publishing, 1997, , p. 9.
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, , p. 154
“If you ask me a question I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 101.
“If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 15
“If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, , p. 53
“It ain't over till it's over.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Yogi book (1997).
Also quoted by: English proverb (english)
“It gets late early out there.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 27
“Little things are big.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 69.
“Pair up in threes.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 123.
“Thank you for making this day necessary.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Yogi book: I really didn't say everything I said!, Workman Publishing, 1997, , p. 10.
“We made too many of the wrong mistakes.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: HY GARDNER CALLING: So What Else Is New" by Hy Gardner, in The New York Herald Tribune (February 29, 1960), p. 11
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: You Can Observe a Lot by Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life, John Wiley & Sons, 2008,
“[What time is it?] You mean now?”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003,
“People seem to find it hard to believe, but I'm a very serious person. It wasn't luck that I became a ballplayer. I never wanted to be anything else and I never considered anything else and I worked my tail off for it. To say that I don't have any worries or nerves is the opposite of the truth. I worry about not being able to get around on the fast ball any more, I worry about getting hurt and having to quit playing before my time. I worry about the bowling alley I own with Phil Rizzuto making money. I worry about keeping Carm happy so she won't be sorry she married me, about the kids growing up good, and about keeping out of trouble with God. I worry a lot. I'm nobody's mascot, either. Sure, I like to get along with people and I hope I've made friends, but that's different.”
Yogi Berra (1925–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source