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Yogi Berra Quotes about Baseball

The future ain't what it used to be.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Yogi Berra (2010). “What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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

"Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Yogi Berra (2001). “When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes”

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

"Yogi Berra vs. Casey Stengel Quote War". Interview with Stan Silliman, bleacherreport.com. August 18, 2010.

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

"Yogi Berra: The greatest financial planner ever?" by Ric Edelman, www.cnbc.com. January 25, 2016.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

"Stay Sought-After by Connecting Better in Conversation" by Kare Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 22, 2014.

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.26, Workman Publishing

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

"The Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said". Book by Yogi Berra, 1998.

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.36, Workman Publishing

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

Quoted in Wash. Post, 26 Sept. 1977. Berra notes in The Yogi Book (1998): "That was my answer to a reporter when I was managing the New York Mets in July 1973.We were about nine games out of first place.We went on to win the division." Berra was quoted using the similar expression "You're not out of it until you're out of it" in N.Y. Times, 30 June 1974. See Ralph Carpenter 1

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

Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.75, Workman Publishing

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.44, Workman Publishing

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

Yogi Berra (2010). “What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

I never said most of the things I said.

"Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.