Top 160 Yogi Berra Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.”

— Yogi Berra

52. “I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.”

— Yogi Berra

53. “I really didn’t say everything I said.”

— Yogi Berra

54. “If I didn’t wake up I’d still be sleeping.”

— Yogi Berra

55. “It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”

— Yogi Berra

56. “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

58. “Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

60. “It was pretty good. Even the music was nice.”

— Yogi Berra

61. “Slump? I ain’t in no slump... I just ain’t hitting.”

— Yogi Berra

62. “Pitching always beats batting – and vice-versa.”

— Yogi Berra

63. “Every time I see him, he’s not there.”

— Yogi Berra

64. “We were over-whelming underdogs.”

— Yogi Berra

65. “On why he no longer went to Ruggeri’s, a St. Louis restaurant: “Nobody goes there anymore because it’s too crowded.””

— Yogi Berra

66. “Swing at the strikes.”

— Yogi Berra

67. “He can run anytime he wants. I’m giving him the red light.”

— Yogi Berra

68. “If my father was alive to hear that, he’d turn over in his grave.”

— Yogi Berra

69. “I take a two hour nap between 1PM and 3PM.”

— Yogi Berra

70. “Well, I used to look like this when I was young and now I still do.”

— Yogi Berra

71. “What a house – nothin’ but rooms!”

— Yogi Berra

72. “Why don’t you pair’em up in threes?”

— Yogi Berra

73. “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

74. “50% of all married people are women.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

77. “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.’”

— Yogi Berra

78. “I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I’m not gonna make it working... I like to play ball too much. Which I did. I played hard. You gotta work at this game. You really do. And its fun doing it if you do it the right way.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

80. “I’m lucky. Usually you’re dead to get your own museum, but I’m still alive to see mine.”

— Yogi Berra

81. “A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it’s home or on the road.”

— Yogi Berra

82. “I’ve always felt real blessed, especially to live in this country. If you dream hard and work hard, anything can happen here-I’m perfect proof.”

— Yogi Berra

83. “Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.”

— Yogi Berra

84. “If there’s one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.”

— Yogi Berra

85. “In theory, practice should work like theory. In practice, it doesn’t.”

— Yogi Berra

86. “Buy a stock, if it goes up, sell it, if it goes down, don’t buy it.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

88. “It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.”

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

91. “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.”

— Yogi Berra

92. “I don’t mean to be funny.”

— Yogi Berra

93. “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

94. “I guess I’ve got a smart wife.”

— Yogi Berra

95. “When giving directions to Joe Garagiola to his New Jersey home, which is accessible by two routes: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.””

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

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

— Yogi Berra

98. “I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.”

— Yogi Berra

99. “The ballparks have gotten too crowded. That’s why nobody goes to see the game anymore.”

— Yogi Berra

100. “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

— Yogi Berra