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hifiguy

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12. A collection of great Yogi-isms
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:13 PM
Sep 2015

1. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

2. You can observe a lot by just watching.

3. It ain’t over till it’s over.

4. It’s like déjà vu all over again.

5. No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.

6. Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.

7. A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

8. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

9. We made too many wrong mistakes.

10. Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

11. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.

12. You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

13. I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

14. Never answer an anonymous letter.

15. Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

16. How can you think and hit at the same time?

17. The future ain’t what it used to be.

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

19. It gets late early out here.

20. If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.

21. We have deep depth.

22. Pair up in threes.

23. Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.

24. You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.

25. All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

26. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

27. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

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

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

30. I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.

more athttp://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/the-50-greatest-yogi-berra-quotes

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POTUS is right BeyondGeography Sep 2015 #1
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Jovial prophet? oberliner Sep 2015 #4
He prophisied that... meaculpa2011 Sep 2015 #5
I've never heard him referred to as a prophet before oberliner Sep 2015 #7
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Old Timers' Day next year is going to be an extended Yogifest KamaAina Sep 2015 #8
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Berra was an institution unto himself DFW Sep 2015 #11
A collection of great Yogi-isms hifiguy Sep 2015 #12
Number 8 is priceless! DeeDeeNY Sep 2015 #15
He came to a fork in the road, and he took it. MineralMan Sep 2015 #13
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RIP Yogi ..... AikenYankee Sep 2015 #17
As a kid in NYC in the 50s and 60s RoccoR5955 Sep 2015 #18
Rest in peace, Yogi Hiraeth Sep 2015 #19
My Hero. klook Sep 2015 #20
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