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Yogi Berra Quotes about Sports

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

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

Funny, Sports, Lying

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

Inspirational, Sports, Science

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

Funny, Hilarious, Sports

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

Funny, Sports, Baseball

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

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

Thank You, Sports, Want

Quoted in Bruce Bohle, Home Book of American Quotations (1967). In The Yogi Book (1998), Berra traces this comment, which he views as the original Yogiism, to Yogi Berra Day in 1947, when he was honored by his friends in St. Louis, Mo.

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

Sports, Tired, Wish

"Reruns: Yogi Berra on Hedge Funds". blog.commonwealth.com. January 15, 2014.

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

Funny, Sports, Sweet

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.

Funny, Sports, Games

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

Sports, Baseball, Isms

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

Motivational, Sports, Baseball

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

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

Funny, Hilarious, Sports

We were over-whelming underdogs.

Motivational, Sports, Coaching

Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.29, Workman Publishing

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

Funny, Sports, Baseball

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

Sports, Winning, Guy

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

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

Funny, Change, Sports

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Sports, Baseball, Yoga

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

Funny, Sports, Liars

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.

Sports, Baseball, Night

Yogi Berra, Ed Fitzgerald (1961). “Yogi: The Autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

Losing's a great motivator.

Sports, Inspirational Sports, Losing

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

Sports, Baseball, Yankees

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

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