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Yogi Berra Quotes

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Here are some Yogi Berra quotes.  Yogi Berra was a catcher and then a coach for the New York Yankees.  It has the most World Series rings of any catcher (7?), and therefore might be the best catcher ever.

 

The following ones might have something to do with Agile.  A later section has quotes that probably have nothing to do with Agile.

 

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

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

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

(How can you think and hit at the same time? )

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?

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

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

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

(If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them.)

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

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

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

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

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

(If you come to a fork in the road, take it.)

 

(When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.)

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

It ain't over till it's over.

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

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

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

(This is like deja vu all over again.)

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

 

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

 

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

(Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded.)

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

The future ain't what it used to be.

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


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

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

We have deep depth.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

 

I made a wrong mistake.

 

I don't want to make the wrong mistake.

 

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

You can observe a lot just by watching.

(You can observe a lot by just watching.)

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

 

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

 

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

(If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.)

 

(If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.)

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

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

Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical.

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


Ninety percent of this game is half mental.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.     

(A nickel isn't worth a dime today.)

You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough, in the second half you give what's left.

90% of short putts don't go in.

(90% of the putts that are short don't go in.)

Yeah, but we're making great time! -- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost."

I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never see him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.

The game isn't over until it's over.

If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

Pair up in threes.

I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't find it.

When you're part of a team, you stand up for your teammates.  Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

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

Little things are big.

It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.

-- Editor: Ok, this is a dup, but I liked it so much, it was deja vu all over again.--

 

--Editor: Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to explain how all of these (above) help explain Agile. Anyone who feels he or she can explain them all, please tell me.--

 




These Yogi-isms probably don't apply to Agile:

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

 

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.

 

I want to thank you for making this day necessary. -- On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947.


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

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

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

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

He must have made that before he died. -- Referring to a Steve McQueen movie.

I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it. -- When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.

It gets late early out there. -- Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium.

Glen Cove. -- Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show.

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

Do you mean now? -- When asked for the time.

I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four.

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. -- During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.

Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself. -- After being told he looked cool.

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

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

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name. -- Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer."

I'd say he's done more than that. -- When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.

He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light. -- On the acquisition of fleet Ricky Henderson.

I didn't really say everything I said.

 

I never said most of the things I said.


Never answer an anonymous letter.

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

Take it with a grin of salt.

It sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto. — when asked what he thought of Marilyn Monroe marrying Joe DiMaggio

He's a big clog in their machine. — referring to Ted Williams


 

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