Yogi berra Inspirational Quotes

If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

The future isn't what is used to be.

I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road.

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.

If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

I didn't say the things I said.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Doing the little things can make a big difference.

If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?

In theory, practice should work like theory. In practice, it doesn't.

The future ain't what it used to be.

I don't want to make the wrong mistake.

Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

Little things are big.

You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

Nobody comes here anymore, its too crowded

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.

I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

You can tell a lot just by looking at it.

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

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

I never said most of the things I said.

Ninety percent of putts that are short, don't go in.

What a house - nothin' but rooms!

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

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

We're lost, but we're making good time.

We were over-whelming underdogs.

You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers. You can play ball all day long. My kids used to try to get me out there, but I'd just say, "Go play with your brothers." If kids want to do something, they'll do it. They don't need adults to do it for them.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

Never answer anonymous letters.

You can have everything you want as long as you don't want it badly enough.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

What makes a good man?

I couldn't tell if the streaker was a man or a woman because it had a bag on it's head.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

The future is not what it used to be.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

If I didn't wake up I'd still be sleeping

If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.

It's not too far; it just seems like it is.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Listen up, because I've got nothing to say and I'm only gonna to say it once.

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.

That's too coincidental to be a coincidence.

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You need to have goals, create milestones and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success.

Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried

Making predictions is tough. Especially for the future.

Cut that pizza into six slices instead of eight, I ain't that hungry.

Buy a stock, if it goes up, sell it, if it goes down, don't buy it.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

If you don't know where you're going, when you get there you'll be lost.

You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you.

Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.

The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.

If you're going to cheat, it's better if you don't get caught.

If you're feeling good, don't worry. You'll get over it.

If you don't set goals, you'll never reach them. Or like they say in golf, if you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time. Take any player in the major leagues: I'd say just about everyone of them had a dream - a goal - to be a big-leaguer when they were kids. It wasn't an easy goal, but it was a reachable one, and that's important.

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

80 percent of the balls that don't reach the hole, don't go in.

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.

I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it's not working.

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

When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'

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

It's like deja-vu, all over again.

The only color I don't have is navy brown.

It ain't over 'til it's over.

Responding to a question about remarks attributed to him that he did not think were his: "I really didn't say everything I said."

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

How come it rains every Hall of Fame weekend? They need to move it to a different weekend.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

Ninety percent of the game (baseball) is half mental.

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?

Prediction is very hard, particularly when it's about the future.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!

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.

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.

Half the game is 90% mental.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

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

If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Failure is just another opportunity to start over.

If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.