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As a general comment on baseball: Ninety percent of this game is half mental.
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On why he no longer went to a popular St. Louis restaurant: Nobody goes there no more, it's too crowded!
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It ain't over till it's over. - After Berra's 1973 Mets trailed the Chicago Cubs by 9½ games in the National League East; the Mets rallied to win the division title on the next-to-last day of the season.
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When giving directions to his New Jersey home, which was equally accessible via two different routes:
When you come to a fork in the road, take it
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On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: I'd like to thank all those who made this night necessary
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You can observe a lot by just watching.
- If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
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Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
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When told by a queen visiting New York on a particularly humid day that he appeared "quite cool,
" Yogi innocently responded Thanks; you don't look so hot yourself
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When asked if he wanted a personal pizza cut into 4 or 8 slices, Yogi responded with
Better cut it into 4, I don't think I could eat 8
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It's not the heat, it's the humility
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Do you mean now? Yogi's response when asked what time it was by Rube Walker, the Met's pitching coach, while flying from New York to Los Angeles.)
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They could make trouble for us if they win on the American League situation
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The future ain't what it used to be
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We made too many wrong mistakes
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If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be
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I usually take a two hour nap from one to four
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Know anything? I don't even 'suspect' anything!
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The future ain't what it used to be
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It gets late early out here
