Subject: Yogi-isms (Page 4)

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they’re running.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

The only reason I need these gloves is ‘cause of my hands.

(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

Texas has a lot of electrical votes.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

We’re lost, but we’re making good time.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Thank you for making this day necessary.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I don’t know, I’m not in shape yet.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

We have a good time together, even when we’re not together

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Third [base] ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

We have deep depth.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Yeah, what paper you write for, Ernie?

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

You don't hit with your face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

80 percent of the balls that don’t reach the hole, don’t go in.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

We made too many wrong mistakes.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager