Subject: Yogi-isms (Page 3)

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

Never answer an anonymous letter.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

If the guy was poor, I’d give it back.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Poverty Yogi-isms

He hits from both sides of the plate; he’s amphibious.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

I usually take a two hour nap from 1 to 4.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Time Yogi-isms

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
People Yogi-isms

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?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Yogi-isms

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Basketball Sports Yogi-isms

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

If you ask me a question I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

A lot of guys go, ‘Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.’ I tell ‘em, ‘I don’t know any.’ They want me to make one up. I don’t make ‘em up. I don’t even know when I say it. They’re the truth. And it is the truth. I don’t know.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

If you see the ball, hit it… that’s what it’s there for.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

Yeah, only in America could a thing like that happen.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

What time is it?… you mean now?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Time Yogi-isms

It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

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.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Sports Yogi-isms

This is like deja vu all over again.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Yogi-isms

Little League baseball is a good thing ’cause it keeps the parents off the streets, and it keeps the kids out of the house!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Children Parents Sports Yogi-isms