Yogi Berra's most famous quotes: The wit and wisdom of the late Yankees legend
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 11:29 AM
- A
- A
- A
LINDA CATAFFO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSYogi Berra is known as much for his unintentional philosophy as for his excellence as a baseball player.
At a charity event at a Staten Island golf course years ago, a reporter engaged Yogi Berra in a conversation about his Yankees, who had just lost a mid-summer series to the then-cellar-dwelling Kansas City Royals.
He was trying to note how the Yankees were able to beat teams with good records but didn't fare well against others with poor records. And then it happened:
"The lousy teams are good this year," Berra said in a true Yogi-ism.
RELATED: YANKEES LEGEND YOGI BERRA DEAD AT 90
With the passing of the Yankees legend at age 90, which was announced Wednesday morning, certainly his astonishing baseball career will be remembered.
But what made Berra a cultural icon, was his way to put things in a way no one else quite could. And even if he mixed up his words, they still added up to a sound point. His “It ain’t over till it’s over” quote is perhaps the most famous rallying cry in all of sports and “It’s deja vu all over again” has taken a place in the culture at large.
Here is some of the wit and wisdom of the late, great Yogi Berra:
On getting enough rest:
“I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.”
On "fan" mail:
“Never answer an anonymous letter.”
On education:
“I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
RELATED: DEREK JETER REMEMBERS YOGI BERRA
On the future:
“The future ain’t what it used to be.”
On travel:
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”
“Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.”
“The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
On social life:
"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."
“It gets late early out here.”
CATAFFO, LINDAJust a couple of Yankees catchers: Jorge Posada with Berra.
On youth sports:
“I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.”
On the human anatomy:
“I don’t know (if they were male or female) fans running naked across the field. They had bags over their heads.”
On receiving advice:
“Take it with a grin of salt.”
JOE NAMATH ON YOGI BERRA: 'I WAS LIKE A LITTLE KID' AROUND HIM
On weather:
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”
On finance:
“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”
On baseball:
“In baseball, you don’t know nothing.”
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
“So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.”
“If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.”
“Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”
“All pitchers are liars or crybabies.”
“We were overwhelming underdogs.”
“Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.”
RAY STUBBLEBINE/REUTERSBerra at the final game at Shea Stadium.
“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”
“I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.”
“I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won 25 games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.”
“I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.”
On being thought of as a philosopher:
"I didn't really say everything I said."
On death:
“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”
MOBILE USER? WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
SPONSOR CONTENT ON NYDAILYNEWS
The Sprite Corner helps young artists find their style with some expert guidance from professional model Winnie Harlow
COMMENTS
(19)POST A COMMENT[ Discussion Guidelines]
My favorite: "Nobody goes to that place any more. It's too crowded. "
My favorite: "You should have thought twice before thought about it for the first time"
SHOW MORE COMMENTS
No comments:
Post a Comment