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Lawrence Peter Berra Quotes

Baseball Player
Born On
1925-05-12
Died On
2015-09-22
Birth Place
St. Louis
Death Place
New Jersey
Birth Sign
taurus
Father
Pietro
Mother
Pietro Berra
Spouse
Carmen Berra
Nationality
American
Education
South Side Catholic (now St. Mary's High School)
Sportspersons, Baseball Players

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

Lawrence Peter Berra

The future ain't what it used to be.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It ain't over till it's over.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You can observe a lot by just watching.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It's like deja-vu, all over again.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It gets late early out there.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You can observe a lot by watching.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.

Lawrence Peter Berra

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Lawrence Peter Berra

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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

Lawrence Peter Berra

If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?

Lawrence Peter Berra

I never said most of the things I said.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

Lawrence Peter Berra

There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Lawrence Peter Berra

We made too many wrong mistakes.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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

Lawrence Peter Berra

Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

Lawrence Peter Berra

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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?

Lawrence Peter Berra

If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It ain't the heat, it's the humility.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.

Lawrence Peter Berra

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

Lawrence Peter Berra

We have deep depth.

Lawrence Peter Berra

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I never said half the things I said.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I guess I've got a smart wife.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Pair up in threes.

Lawrence Peter Berra

You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.

Lawrence Peter Berra

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I didn't know much about golf growing up.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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

Lawrence Peter Berra

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

Lawrence Peter Berra

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Lawrence Peter Berra

I'm glad I was in the Navy.

Lawrence Peter Berra

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I don't mean to be funny.

Lawrence Peter Berra

If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.

Lawrence Peter Berra

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.

Lawrence Peter Berra

It's fun; baseball's fun.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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.

Lawrence Peter Berra

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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.

Lawrence Peter Berra

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.

Lawrence Peter Berra