Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berrawas an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball, all but the last for the New York Yankees. An 18-time All-Star and 10-time World Series champion as a player, Berra had a career batting average of .285, while compiling 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only five players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. Widely regarded as one...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth12 May 1925
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Man was not made to travel faster than a baseball
I wish everybody had the drive he 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.
Yogi called the 1969 New York Mets: "Overwhelming underdogs
When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
I never said half the things I said.
I always got nervous the nights we played in the World Series. First pitch, I was nervous. Then after that, forget it; I'd start playing.
Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.
I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.