The Best Yogi Berra quotes

The game isn’t over till it’s over. — Yogi Berra

Ninety percent of this game is half mental. — Yogi Berra

The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That’s why nobody goes to see the game anymore. — Yogi Berra

The game was two hours, with the commercials. I wish they did that now. — Yogi Berra

I don’t see how he lost five games during the season. — 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

As a general comment on baseball:’90% of the game is half mental. — Yogi Berra

I’ve been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing. — Yogi Berra

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it’s not working. — Yogi Berra

The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don’t worry. You can’t expect to get a hit every game. — Yogi Berra

We have a good time together, even when we’re not together. — Yogi Berra

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

You can’t win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you. — Yogi Berra

Everything should be built top–down, except the first time. — Yogi Berra

How can you think and hit at the same time? — Yogi Berra

You can’t think and hit the ball at the same time. — Yogi Berra

A good time to hit is with men on base, because the pitcher ain’t got no place to put you. He’s going to get that ball around there somewhere. He don’t want to walk you. — 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

I’m lucky. Usually you’re dead to get your own museum, but I’m still alive to see mine. — Yogi Berra

No one goes there Nowadays, it’s too crowded. — Yogi Berra

How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don’t know how to spell my name. — Yogi Berra

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

I don’t know, I’m not in shape yet. — Yogi Berra

Bill Dickey learned me all his experience. — Yogi Berra

What the hell is wrong with him now? — Yogi Berra

I don’t want to make the wrong mistake. — Yogi Berra

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

Okay you guys, pair up in threes! — Yogi Berra

You guys over there, pair up into groups of three. — Yogi Berra

Ok guys. pair up in threes, i’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball. — Yogi Berra

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot. — 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

In baseball, you don’t know nothin’. — Yogi Berra

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. — Yogi Berra

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. — Yogi Berra

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. — Yogi Berra

I don’t know if it’s good for baseball, but it sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto! — Yogi Berra

I’d give my right arm to be ambidextrous. — 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

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’s left. — Yogi Berra

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. — Yogi Berra

If you don’t set goals, you can’t regret not reaching them. — Yogi Berra

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

I can’t concentrate when I’m thinking. — Yogi Berra

We’re lost, but we’re making good time. — Yogi Berra

Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future. — 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 want to thank you for makIng thIs day necessary. — Yogi Berra

On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: ‘Thank you for making this day necessary. — Yogi Berra

Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting. — Yogi Berra

Anybody who can’t hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind. — 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

Third ain’t so bad if nothin’ is hit to you. — Yogi Berra