On YOGI B. from YOGI B.
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Yogi Berra:
"You can obverse a lot by watching."
Tom Seaver to Yogi: "What time is it?"
Yogi: "You mean now?"
Yogi explaining why he dropped a fly ball due to the sun getting in
his eyes: "It gets late early out there."
After a dinner party at the White House: "It was hard to have a
conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking."
"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical."
Yogi on what he does before night games:
"I usually take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."
Yogi asked about a streaker, if it was a male or female:
"I don't know.They were wearing a paper bag over their head.
Yogi: "You mean you get seasick"
Rube Walker: "Do I ever!"
Yogi: "Over water?"
On his coaching a player: "He can run any time he wants. I'm giving
him the red light."
Yogi on his yogi-isms: "I really didn't say everything I said."
Yogi to an interviewer: "If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not
going to answer."
On a restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Talking about Don Larsen's perfect game: "It's never happened in a
World Series competition, and it still hasn't."
On a Steve McQueen film: "He must have made that before he died."
Yogi responding to question:What would you do if you found a million
dollars? "I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd
return it."
Yogi: "Is he living?"
Person: "Yes"
Yogi: "Is he living now."
Yogi was asked why he was wearing gloves:
"I'm wearing these gloves for my hands."
"You give a hundred percent in the first half, and if it isn't enough,
in the second half you give what's left."
"Mantle's a switch hitter because he's amphibious."
"How can you say this and that when this and that hasn't happened yet?
"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.."
When asked his hat size
"I don't know, I'm not in shape yet.
"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."
"If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping."
"How can you think and hit at the same time?"
"I wish I had an answer to that because I'm getting tired of answering
that question."
Addressing the crowd at an event in his honor:
"I want to thank all those who made this night necessary."
Yogi on why the Yankees lost the 1960 World Series:
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
Yogi on why his team will do well:
"We have deep depth."
Reporter: "Yogi, have you made up your mind yet?"
Yogi:"Not that I know of."
To another team: "You would have won if we hadn't beaten you."
Yogi on why attendance was down:
"If people don't want to come to the ball park, nobody's going to
stop them."
On funerals: "Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they
won't come to yours."
Reporter:"I understand you had an audience with the Pope."
Yogi:"No, but I saw him."
After a performance of Tosca:
"It was pretty good. Even the music was nice."
"If there's a 50 percent chance we'll win the pennant, you gotta
remember there's also a 75% chance we won't."
"Congratulations on breaking my record. I always thought it would
stand until it was broken."
Yogi was given a check "Pay to Bearer."
His comment: "That ain't the way to spell my name."
Lady to Yogi:"My, you're looking cool this year."
Yogi to lady:"Thank you, you're not looking so hot yourself."
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Dale Berra, Yogi's son:
"The similarities between me and my father are different."
Don Zimmer, manager of the Chicago Cubs commenting on his team's 4 - 4
record: "It could just as easily gone the other way."
Casey Stengel "A lot of people my age are dead at the present time."
Steve Balboni (player for Kansas City) "Hitting your first grand slam
is a thrill. I'll always remember this."
Commentator: "But you hit one back in '83."
Steve Balboni: "You're right. I guess I forgot about that one."
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