Subject: Yogi-isms (Page 3)

I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia; let them walk to school like I did!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

A good ball club.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You don't hit with your face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

He can run anytime he wants; I’m giving him the red light.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I don’t know if it’s good for baseball, but it sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Shut up and talk.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You guys over there, pair up into groups of three.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It’s never happened in World Series competition, and it still hasn’t.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I think greed is a terrible thing unless you are in on the ground floor.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I don’t know, I’m not in shape yet.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Think?… how the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager