Lawrence Peter Berra Quotes
Baseball Player
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
The future ain't what it used to be.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
It ain't over till it's over.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
It's like deja-vu, all over again.
It gets late early out there.
You can observe a lot by watching.
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
I never said most of the things I said.
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
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?
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
It ain't the heat, it's the humility.
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.
You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.
I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
We have deep depth.
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
I never said half the things I said.
I guess I've got a smart wife.
Pair up in threes.
You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.
I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.
I didn't know much about golf growing up.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
How can you think and hit at the same time?
I'm glad I was in the Navy.
In baseball, you don't know nothing.
Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.
I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
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.
I don't mean to be funny.
If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.
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.
Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
It's fun; baseball's fun.
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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 liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
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.
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.