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I'd Give My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous.

-Yogi Berra

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I'd Give My Right

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I'd Give My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous.

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Cut That Pizza Into Six Slices Instead Of Eight, I Ain't That Hungry.

If You're Feeling Good, Don't Worry. You'll Get Over It.

I'm Lucky. Usually You're Dead To Get Your Own Museum, But I'm Still Alive To See Mine.

Half The Lies They Tell About Me Aren't True.

I'm A Lucky Guy And I'm Happy To Be With The Yankees. And I Want To Thank Everyone For Making This Night Necessary.

Congratulstions On Breaking My Record. I Always Thought The Record Would Stand Until It Was Broken.

I Don't Know If It's Good For Baseball, But It Sure Beats The Hell Out Of Rooming With Phil Rizzuto!

If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I Would Do It All Over Again.

If You Don't Know Where You Are Going, You Might Wind Up Someplace Else.

You Stand Up For Your Teammates. Your Loyalty Is To Them. You Protect Them Through Good And Bad, Because They'd Do The Same For You.

The Future Ain't What It Used To Be.

It Was Impossible To Get A Conversation Going, Everybody Was Talking Too Much.

It Is A Disturbing Conundrum That True Free Will Cannot Exist Without The Possibility Of Suicide. Then Again, It Ain't Over 'til It's Over!

I Don't Like Seeing Myself On Television. I Don't Like It.

I Guess I've Got A Smart Wife.

Nothing Is Like It Seems, But Everything Is Exactly Like It Is.

Making Predictions Is Tough. Especially For The Future.

It's Like Deja-vu, All Over Again.

Almost Every Monday I Have A Charity Thing. I Like That. I Do.

There Are Some People Who, If They Don't Already Know, You Can't Tell 'em.

How Long Have You Known Me, Jack? And You Still Don't Know How To Spell My Name.

If You're Going To Cheat, It's Better If You Don't Get Caught.

When Asked What Would He Do If He Found $1 Million, Yogi Responded, If The Guy Was Poor, I'd Give It Back.

Man Was Not Made To Travel Faster Than A Baseball

I Just Want To Thank Everyone Who Made This Day Necessary.

Congratulations. I Knew The Record Would Stand Until It Was Broken.

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When The Waitress Asked If I Wanted My Pizza Cut Into Four Or Eight Slices, I Said, 'four. I Don't Think I Can Eat Eight.'

I Think Little League Is Wonderful. It Keeps The Kids Out Of The House.

A Home Opener Is Always Exciting, No Matter If It's Home Or On The Road.

If You Can't Imitate Him, Don't Copy Him.

I Don't Blame The Players Today For The Money. I Blame The Owners. They Started It. They Wanna Give It To 'em? More Power To 'em.

80 Percent Of The Balls That Don't Reach The Hole, Don't Go In.

If You Ask Me Anything I Don't Know, I'm Not Going To Answer.

I'm In No Condition To Drive...wait! I Shouldn't Listen To Myself, I'm Drunk!

Nobody Can Be All Smiley All The Time, But Having A Good Positive Attitude Isn't Something To Shrug Off.

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Laughter Is The Shock Absorber That Eases The Blows Of Life.

Failure Is Just Another Opportunity To Start Over.

I Don't See How He Lost Five Games During The Season.

Nobody Comes Here Anymore, Its Too Crowded

How Can A You Hit And Think At The Same Time?

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Nobody Did Nothin' To Nobody.

If My Father Was Alive To Hear That, He'd Turn Over In His Grave.

The Only Color I Don't Have Is Navy Brown.

Texas Has A Lot Of Electrical Votes. [during An Election Campaign, After George Bush Stated That Texas Was Important To The Election]

Its Getting Late Early

Little Things Are Big.

Bill Dickey Learned Me All His Experience.

I'm Glad I Was In The Navy.

What The Hell Is Wrong With Him Now?

New York Yankees

It's Fun; Baseball's Fun.

I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said.

Keep Trying. Stay Humble, Trust Your Instincts. Most Importantly, Act. When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It.

I've Always Felt Real Blessed, Especially To Live In This Country. If You Dream Hard And Work Hard, Anything Can Happen Here-i'm Perfect Proof.

In Theory There Is No Difference Between Theory And Practice. In Practice There Is.

Funny Inspirational

It Was Pretty Good. Even The Music Was Nice.

You Can't Win All The Time. There Are Guys Out There Who Are Better Than You.

I Never Said Most Of The Things I Said.

Cut My Pie Into Four Pieces, I Don’t Think I Could Eat Eight.

The Game Isn't Over Till It's Over.

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Life Is A Learning Experience, Only If You Learn.

When Giving Directions To Joe Garagiola To His New Jersey Home, Which Is Accessible By Two Routes: "when You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It."

Well, I Used To Look Like This When I Was Young And Now I Still Do.

Every Entrepreneur Deals With Fears Of Failure. However, The Truly Successful Know How To Face These Fears And Keep On Working.

If You Don't Set Goals, You'll Never Reach Them. Or Like They Say In Golf, If You Aim For Nothing, You'll Hit It Every Time. Take Any Player In The Major Leagues: I'd Say Just About Everyone Of Them Had A Dream - A Goal - To Be A Big-leaguer When They Were Kids. It Wasn't An Easy Goal, But It Was A Reachable One, And That's Important.

What A House - Nothin' But Rooms!

If You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It.

I Usually Take A Two-hour Nap From One To Four.

Bill Dickey Is Learning Me His Experience.

I Knew I Was Going To Take The Wrong Train, So I Left Early.

What Time Is It? You Mean Now?

Everything Should Be Built Top-down, Except The First Time.

Anyone Who Understands Jazz Knows That You Can't Understand It. It's Too Complicated. That's What's So Simple About It.

We Made Too Many Wrong Mistakes.

I Can't Concentrate When I'm Thinking.

Little League Baseball Is A Very Good Thing Because It Keeps The Parents Off The Streets.

Referring To The Bad Sun Conditions In Left Field At The Stadium: It Gets Late Out There Early.

If People Don't Want To Come Out To The Ball Park, Nobody's Gonna Stop 'em.

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Ninety Percent Of All Mental Errors Are In Your Head.

It's Not Over Until It's Over.

I Couldn't Tell If The Streaker Was A Man Or A Woman Because It Had A Bag On It's Head.

The Future Is Not What It Used To Be.

Happy Accidents

I'm Not Going To Buy My Kids An Encyclopedia. Let Them Walk To School Like I Did.

It's Tough To Make Predictions, Especially About The Future.

I Was In The Invasion Of Normandy In Southern France.

You've Got To Be Very Careful If You Don't Know Where You Are Going, Because You Might Not Get There.

Losing's A Great Motivator.

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On Why He No Longer Went To Ruggeri's, A St. Louis Restaurant: "nobody Goes There Anymore Because It's Too Crowded."

Surprise Me! Yogi's Reply When He Was Asked By His Wife, Carmen, Where He Would Like To Be Buried

You Should Always Go To Other People's Funerals, Otherwise, They Won't Come To Yours.

I Don't Mean To Be Funny.

Yeah? For What Paper?

I Don't Know, I'm Not In Shape Yet.

You Can Have Everything You Want As Long As You Don't Want It Badly Enough.

A Nickel Ain't Worth A Dime Anymore.

If I Didn't Wake Up I'd Still Be Sleeping

Anyone Who Is Popular Is Bound To Be Disliked.

The Game Is Supposed To Be Fun. If You Had A Bad Day, Don't Worry. You Can't Expect To Get A Hit Every Game.

Whatever You Do, You Should Do It With Feeling.

Records And Achievements Are Made To Be Broken.

The Towels Were So Thick There I Could Hardly Close My Suitcase.

If The Fans Don’t Wanna Come Out To The Ballpark, No One Can Stop ‘em.

So I'm Ugly. So What? I Never Saw Anyone Hit With His Face.

He [steve Mcqueen] Must Have Made That Before He Died.

It Ain't Over 'til It's Over.

Ninety Percent Of This Game Is Half Mental.

On Being The Guest Of Honor At An Awards Banquet: "thank You For Making This Day Necessary."

Nobody Goes There Anymore. It's Too Crowded.

It Ain't The Heat, It's The Humility.

What Difference Does The Uniform Make? You Don't Hit With It.

You Gotta Call A Blacksmith.

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When I'm Sittin' Down To Dinner With The Family, Stuff [another Yogiism] Just Pops Out. And They'll Say, 'dad, You Just Said Another One.' And I Don't Even Know What The Heck I Said.

Ok You Guys, Pair Up In Threes!

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Losing Is A Learning Experience. It Teaches You Humility. It Teaches You To Work Harder. It's Also A Powerful Motivator.

You Can Get Old Pretty Young If You Don't Take Care Of Yourself.

The Hardest Thing Is To Get Started, But The Really Hardest Thing Is To Finish.

You Can Tell A Lot Just By Looking At It.

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?

Every Time I See Him, He's Not There.

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I'd Find The Fellow Who Lost It [million Dollars], And, If He Was Poor, I'd Return It.

I Enjoy Now Doing What I Do... Playing Golf, Relaxing A Little, Enjoying Life.

The Ballparks Have Gotten Too Crowded. That's Why Nobody Goes To See The Game Anymore.

Yogi Saw Three Of His Players In The Locker Room Wearing Cone Head Hats. Yogi Said, Those Guys Make A Pair.

I Didn't Know Much About Golf Growing Up.

Doing The Little Things Can Make A Big Difference.

Why Don't You Pair'em Up In Threes?

I Take A Two Hour Nap Between 1pm And 3pm.

As A General Comment On Baseball:"90% Of The Game Is Half Mental."

I Didn't Really Say Everything I Said.

It Gets Late Early Out There.

The Future Isn't What Is Used To Be.

It's Not Too Far; It Just Seems Like It Is.

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I've Been With The Yankees 17 Years, Watching Games And Learning. You Can See A Lot By Observing.

The Other Teams Could Make Trouble For Us If They Win.

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.

Third Ain't So Bad If Nothin' Is Hit To You.

It's Never Happened In The World Series Competition, And It Still Hasn't.

Forecasting Is Very Difficult, Especially When It Involves The Future.

Slump? I Ain't In No Slump... I Just Ain't Hitting.

If The World Was Perfect, It Wouldn't Be.

I Wish I Had An Answer To That Because I'm Tired Of Answering That Question.

50% Of All Married People Are Women

Make A Game Plan And Stick To It. Unless It's Not Working.

In Baseball, You Don't Know Nothing.

You Can See A Lot Just By Observing.

Texas Has A Lot Of Electrical Votes.

It Was Hard To Have A Conversation With Anyone, There Were So Many People Talking.

I Can See How He (sandy Koufax) Won Twenty-five Games. What I Don't Understand Is How He Lost Five.

Anybody Who Can't Hear The Difference Between A Ball Hitting Wood And A Ball Hitting Concrete Must Be Blind.

Ninety Percent Of The Game (baseball) Is Half Mental.

I Don't Know (if They Were Men Or Women Running Naked Across The Field). They Had Bags Over Their Heads.

You Can Observe A Lot By Just Watching.

Without A Plan, Even The Most Brilliant Business Can Get Lost. You Need To Have Goals, Create Milestones And Have A Strategy In Place To Set Yourself Up For Success.

In Baseball, You Don't Know Nothin'.

I Tell The Kids, Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose. Just Don't Fight About It. Just Try To Get Better.

If There's One Pitch You Keep Swinging At And Keep Missing, Stop Swinging At It.

If You Get A Guy That Can Play A Couple Positions, It Helps You Out A Real Lot.

In Theory, Practice Should Work Like Theory. In Practice, It Doesn't.

Half The Game Is 90% Mental.

What Makes A Good Man?

A Nickel Is Not Worth A Penny More.

I Wish Everybody Had The Drive He (joe Dimaggio) Had. He Never Did Anything Wrong On The Field. I'd Never Seen Him Dive For A Ball, Everything Was A Chest-high Catch, And He Never Walked Off The Field.

Somethings Don't Always Work Out The Way You Plan. The Main Thing Is To Keep Trying, Do Better Next Time, And Deal With Disappointment If It Comes.

I'd Give My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous.

Responding To A Question About Remarks Attributed To Him That He Did Not Think Were His: "i Really Didn't Say Everything I Said."

I Didn't Say The Things I Said.

I Don't Want To Make The Wrong Mistake.

If You Don't Set Goals, You Can't Regret Not Reaching Them.

You Can't Think And Hit The Ball At The Same Time.

I Don't Know. How Hot Is It Supposed To Be?

It's Pretty Far, But It Doesn't Seem Like It.

We're Lost, But We're Making Good Time.

You Wouldn't Have Won If We'd Beaten You.

I Hate To See It Go, I'll Tell You That. I Played Here All My Life. Eighteen Years I Played Here And I'm Sorry To See It Go.

How Can You Think And Hit At The Same Time?

Baseball Is Ninety Percent Mental And The Other Half Is Physical.

Inspirational Sports

Even Napoleon Had His Watergate.

If You Don't Know Where You're Going, When You Get There You'll Be Lost.

How Come It Rains Every Hall Of Fame Weekend? They Need To Move It To A Different Weekend.

You Can't Make Anybody Do Anything, If They Don't Want To.

He Hits From Both Sides Of The Plate. He's Amphibious.

I'd Say He's Done More Than That.

Ninety Percent Of Putts That Are Short, Don't Go In.

Thanks, You Don't Look So Hot Yourself.

Prediction Is Very Hard, Particularly When It's About The Future.

It Ain't Like Football. You Can't Make Up No Trick Plays.

I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said. [...] Then Again, I Might Have Said 'em, But You Never Know.

Pitching Always Beats Batting — And Vice-versa.

Never Answer Anonymous Letters.

Anonymous Letters

You Better Cut The Pizza In Four Pieces Because I'm Not Hungry Enough To Eat Six.

You Don't Have To Swing Hard To Hit A Home Run. If You Got The Timing, It'll Go.

The Game Was Two Hours, With The Commercials. I Wish They Did That Now.

Never Answer An Anonymous Letter.

Anonymous Letters

Buy A Stock, If It Goes Up, Sell It, If It Goes Down, Don't Buy It.

Yogi Ordered A Pizza. The Waitress Asked How Many Pieces Do You Want Your Pie Cut? Yogi Responded, Four. I Don't Think I Could Eat Eight.

I Love Baseball, I Really Do. I Always Told My Dad, I'm Not Gonna Make It Working... I Like To Play Ball Too Much. Which I Did. I Played Hard. You Gotta Work At This Game. You Really Do. And Its Fun Doing It If You Do It The Right Way.

If People Don't Want To Come To The Ballpark, How Are You Going To Stop Them?

That's Too Coincidental To Be A Coincidence.

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.

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