97 Inspiring Quotes by Yogi Berra

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

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

How can you think and hit at the same time?

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.

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

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

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

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

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

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

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

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

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

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

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

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

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

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

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

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

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

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

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.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

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

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

Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

I never said most of the things I said.

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.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

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

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

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

I really didn't say everything I said.

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

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

He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light.

Swing at the strikes.

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

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

Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry.

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.

Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is.

Its getting late early.

Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future.

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

Failure is just another opportunity to start over.

Pitching always beats batting -- and vice-versa.

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

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

Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off.

If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.

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

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.

Ninety percent of this game is half mental.

But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play -- and don't play to bring their parents glory.

I didn't really say everything I said.

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

Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried.

It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.

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

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

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

Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once.

How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend.

What the hell is wrong with him now?

You gotta call a blacksmith.

What a house -- nothin' but rooms!

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.

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

Ok you guys, pair up in threes!

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!

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

If the fans don't wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop ‘em.

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.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.

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

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

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

We were over-whelming underdogs.

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

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

I'm glad I was in the Navy.

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

That's too coincidental to be a coincidence.

As a general comment on baseball:"90% of the game is half mental.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.

Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.

He buys his roast beef, I buy my bottle of vodka. We get along real good.

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.

I don't mean to be funny.

It's fun; baseball's fun.