As well as being famous as a NY Yankees baseball player, Yogi came up with some classics. Here are my favourites:
- "This is like deja vu all over again."
- "You can observe a lot just by watching."
- "He must have made that before he died." -- Referring to a Steve McQueen
movie.
- "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because
you might not get there."
- "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."
- "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to
eat six."
- "Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."
- "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."
- Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in
New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would
you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."
- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
- "You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't
enough in the second half you give what's left."
- "90% of the putts that are short don't go in."
- "I made a wrong mistake."
- "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
- "Yeah, but we're making great time!" -- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think
we're lost." - "It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."
- "How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my
name." -- Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer."
- "I'd say he's done more than that." -- When asked if first baseman Don
Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.
- "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
- "The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."
- "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come
to yours."
- "I didn't really say everything I said."
BTW, Yogi got his nickname before Yogi Bear was created.
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Legend
He's also supposed to have first said "It aint over till it's over".