Subject: Yogi-isms (Page 4)

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Surprise me!

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I made a wrong mistake.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering that question.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Don’t get me right; I’m just asking!

(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

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(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

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

It ain't like football. You can't make up no trick plays.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Overwhelming underdogs.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Every time I see him, he's not there.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I always thought the record would stand until it was broken.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

Why buy good luggage?… you only use it when you travel.

(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

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

I didn’t really say everything I said.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager

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

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager