"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?"
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"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."
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"You give a hundred percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough,
in the second half you give what's left."
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"Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore, it's too crowded."
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Carmen Berra: "Yogi, I went to see Dr. Zhivago today."
Yogi: "Now what's wrong with you?"
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Larry Berra to his father: "Hey, Dad, the man is here for the venetian blind."
Yogi: Well, go in my pocket and give him a couple of bucks for a donation and get rid of him.
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"[When introduced to writer Ernest Hemingway] Yeah, what paper you write for, Ernie?"
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"It gets late early out there"
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"I really didn't say everything I said"
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"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."
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"You can observe a lot by watching."
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"In baseball, you don't know nothing."
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"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
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"It's deja vu all over again."
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"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
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"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"
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"I usually take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."
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"If people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's going to stop them."
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"Why buy good luggage? You only see it when you travel."
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Hey Yogi, what time is it?
"You mean now?"
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On being asked his cap size at the beginning of spring training.
"I don't know, I'm not in shape."
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On why the Yankees lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh:
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
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On Rickey Henderson:
"He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light."
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On Ted Williams:
"He is a big clog in their machine."
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On being told by the wife of New York Mayor John V. Lindsay that he looked cool despite the heat:
"You don't look so hot, either."
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On Yogi Berra appreciation day in St. Louis 1947:
"I want to thank you all for making this day necessary."
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On the tight 1973 National League pennant race:
"It ain't over 'til its over."
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On being asked why Johnny Bench hit more homeruns than he did:
"Most of his homeruns were hit on artificial turf."
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"Eighty percent of putts that fall short don't go in."
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