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
Yogi called the 1969 New York Mets: "Overwhelming underdogs
For a spring training drill, Yogi instructed his players to: "Pair off in threes
When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.
Interviewer - "Why, you're a fatalist !" - Yogi Berra - "You mean I save postage stamps ? Not me.
Amplifying on the things improperly attributed to him, Yogi said: "I never really said all those things I said
Surprise me! Yogi's reply when he was asked by his wife, Carmen, where he would like to be buried
You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.
You gotta be careful if you don't know where you're going, otherwise you might not get there
You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left.
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.
Nobody goes to that place anymore. It's too crowded.
No one goes there anymore - it's too crowded
One warning, and if the infractions continue, we throw the flag.