Yogi Berra was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player, making him one of the most accomplished baseball players of all time. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Yogi Berra on winning, leadership, teamwork.
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Top 10 Yogi Berra Quotes
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
How can you think and hit at the same time?
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
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It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. — Yogi Berra
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. — Yogi Berra
How can you think and hit at the same time? — Yogi Berra
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. — Yogi Berra
If you come to a fork in the road, take it. — Yogi Berra
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Short Quotes
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Failure is just another opportunity to start over.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
Yogi Berra Quotes About Winning
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win. — Yogi Berra
I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better. — Yogi Berra
You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Success
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
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them. — 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
Yogi Berra Quotes About Future
The future ain't what it used to be. — Yogi Berra
The future is not what it used to be. — Yogi Berra
Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future. — Yogi Berra
The future isn't what is used to be. — Yogi Berra
Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future. — Yogi Berra
Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Inspirational
You can get old pretty young if you don't
take care of yourself. — Yogi Berra
I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early. — Yogi Berra
Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling. — 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
It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays. — 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
Losing's a great motivator. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Baseball
I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads. — Yogi Berra
Ninety percent of this game is half mental. — Yogi Berra
Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel. — Yogi Berra
I didn't really say everything I said. — 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
It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't. — Yogi Berra
Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself. — Yogi Berra
If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. — Yogi Berra
I'd say he's done more than that. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About People
If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them? — Yogi Berra
People don't go there anymore. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. — Yogi Berra
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. — Yogi Berra
It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking. — Yogi Berra
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em. — Yogi Berra
You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours. — Yogi Berra
If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them. — 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
50% of all married people are women — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Half
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. — 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 is left. — Yogi Berra
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. — Yogi Berra
Half the game is 90% mental. — Yogi Berra
As a general comment on baseball:"90% of the game is half mental." — Yogi Berra
Ninety percent of the game (baseball) is half mental. — Yogi Berra
I never said half the things I said. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Yogi
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. — Yogi Berra
Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair. — Yogi Berra
Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried — 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
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
Yogi met George Bush during an election campaign. Bush said Texas was important. Yogi said Texas has a lot of electrical votes. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Quotes About Sports
We were over-whelming underdogs. — Yogi Berra
It's not too far; it just seems like it is. — Yogi Berra
The game isn't over till it's over. — Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra Famous Quotes And Sayings
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. — Yogi Berra
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. — Yogi Berra
How can you think and hit at the same time? — Yogi Berra
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. — Yogi Berra
If you come to a fork in the road, take it. — Yogi Berra
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them. — 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
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. — Yogi Berra
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there. — Yogi Berra
Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working. — 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
Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry. — Yogi Berra
Even Napoleon had his Watergate. — Yogi Berra
Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked. — Yogi Berra
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. — Yogi Berra
You can observe a lot by watching. — Yogi Berra
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question. — Yogi Berra
I didn't say the things I said. — Yogi Berra
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do. — Yogi Berra
When giving directions to Joe Garagiola to his New Jersey home, which is accessible by two routes: "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." — Yogi Berra
We made too many wrong mistakes. — Yogi Berra
Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once. — Yogi Berra
I never said most of the things I said. — Yogi Berra
Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight. — Yogi Berra
It ain't over till it's over. — Yogi Berra
Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early. — Yogi Berra
That's too coincidental to be a coincidence. — Yogi Berra
I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four. — Yogi Berra
The only color I don't have is navy brown. — Yogi Berra
Never answer an anonymous letter. — Yogi Berra
You can see a lot just by observing. — Yogi Berra
It ain't the heat, it's the humility. — Yogi Berra
Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off. — Yogi Berra
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting. — Yogi Berra
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer. — Yogi Berra
80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in. — Yogi Berra
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. — Yogi Berra
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary. — Yogi Berra
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa. — Yogi Berra
How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend. — Yogi Berra
Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life. — Yogi Berra
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk! — Yogi Berra
He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light. — 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
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. — Yogi Berra
I'm glad I was in the Navy. — Yogi Berra
In baseball, you don't know nothing. — Yogi Berra
I've been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing. — Yogi Berra
Bill Dickey is learning me his experience. — Yogi Berra
You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers. You can play ball all day long. My kids used to try to get me out there, but I'd just say, "Go play with your brothers." If kids want to do something, they'll do it. They don't need adults to do it for them. — Yogi Berra
I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life. — Yogi Berra
What Time Is It? You Mean Now? — Yogi Berra
It was pretty good. Even the music was nice. — Yogi Berra
It's d`ej`a vu all over again! — Yogi Berra
Yeah? For what paper? — Yogi Berra
Why don't you pair'em up in threes? — Yogi Berra
It gets late early out there. — Yogi Berra
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken. — Yogi Berra
Doing the little things can make a big difference. — Yogi Berra
Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do. — Yogi Berra
That's his style of hitting . If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. — Yogi Berra
Life Lessons by Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra taught us to never give up, even when the odds are against us. He demonstrated this through his resilience and determination as a professional athlete.
He also taught us the importance of humility and being able to laugh at ourselves. His famous quotes are a testament to this.
Finally, Yogi Berra showed us the importance of hard work and dedication. He was a leader both on and off the field, and his legacy is a reminder of the rewards that come with hard work.
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