Frases célebres de Yogi Berra
Frases de fe de Yogi Berra
“En teoría, no hay diferencia entre práctica y teoría. En la práctica, si la hay.”
Frase atribuida también al físico Albert Einstein y a Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut.
“Y te pagan en efectivo, lo que es tan bueno como el dinero.”
Haciendo un comercial de la aseguradora AFLAC.
Yogi Berra Frases y Citas
“Córtela en cuatro, no creo que pueda comer ocho.”
Cuando en un restaurante italiano le preguntaron en cuantas partes debía estar cortada su pizza.
“Si fuera de una persona pobre, se lo devolvería.”
Cuando le preguntaron qué haría si se encontrara un millón de dólares.
“En realidad no he dicho todo lo que dije.”
Refiriéndose a todas las frases que erróneamente se le han atribuido.
“Creo que es la primera vez que llego tarde tan temprano.”
Siempre llegaba media hora tarde a las entrevistas. En esta ocasión fueron sólo cinco minutos.
“Quiero agradecerles por hacer esta fiesta necesaria.”
Al dar un discurso en una fiesta. Había pedido a un compañero que escriba su discurso, quien confundió 'posible' con 'necesaria'.
“Oscurece horrendamente temprano por aquí.”
En referencia al jardín izquierdo del Yankee Stadium.
“Es como un déjà vu otra vez.”
Luego de muchos años sin asistir al Yankee Stadium, el 18 de julio de 1999 (el 'día de Don Larsen') atrapó el lanzamiento ceremonial de Don Larsen (quien le lanzó el único juego perfecto en la historia de post temporada de MLB el 8 de octubre de 1956 en el Juego 5 de la Serie Mundial). Ese día, ambos fueron espectadores de otro juego perfecto cortesía del pitcher de los Yankees, David Cone.
“Es difícil hacer predicciones… especialmente sobre el futuro.”
Frase atribuida a, entre otros, Niels Bohr.
Respuesta frecuente cuando alguien le decía que no era muy apuesto.
“Cuando encuentres una bifurcación en el camino, tómala.”
Explicando como llegar a su casa, daba igual el camino que se elegía, por ambos se llegaba.
“Debe haberla hecho antes de morir.”
Sobre una película de cierto actor, que acababa de ver.
Yogi Berra: Frases en inglés
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, ISBN 0786867752, p. 154
Yogiisms
“No matter where you go, there you are”
Fuente: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
“It ain't over till it's over.”
The Yogi book (1997).
Yogiisms
Variante: It ain't over till it's over.
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, ISBN 0786867752, p. 1
Also in What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 33
Berra says this is part of driving directions to his house in Montclair, New Jersey. There is a fork in the road, and whichever way you take, you will get to his house.
Found in newspapers from as early as 1913. The earliest known published evidence connecting the saying with Berra is from 1988. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/07/25/fork-road/
Disputed, Misattributed
“You can observe a lot by watching.”
You Can Observe a Lot by Watching: What I've Learned About Teamwork From the Yankees and Life, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 9780470079928
Yogiisms
“Ninety percent of this game is half-mental.”
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 45. This line has been attributed to Berra and also to Philadelphia Philles manager Danny Ozark. However, it was actually first said by Major League reserve outfielder Jim Wohlford, to whom the line was attributed in April 1974. See Devin Rose, Words of Wisdom - Former Big Leaguer Jim Wohlford - Took the words right out of his mouth http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-09-21/features/0309210321_1_notable-quotables-words-contracts, Chicago Tribune (September 21, 2003) (Retrieved March 4, 2016.) and Website of etymologist Barry Popik, Entry dated September 23, 2015 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/baseball_is_ninety_percent_mental_and_the_other_half_is_physical/. (Retrieved March 4, 2016.) <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variante: Ninety percent of this game is mental, and the other half is physical. <br class="br">Fuente: The Yogi Book : I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said
“Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't go to yours.”
Yogiisms
Fuente: When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, ISBN 0786867752, p. 163.
The Yogi book: I really didn't say everything I said!, Workman Publishing, 1997, , p. 9.
Yogiisms
“The future ain't what it used to be.”
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes, Hyperion, 2002, ISBN 0786867752, p. 159.
Paul Valery (1937): "The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.". Translated in English in 1948 in Our Destiny and Literature.
Disputed, Misattributed
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is.”
Attributed in Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile - Things that Gain From Disorder (2012), p. 213.
The earliest known appearance of this quote in print is Walter J. Savitch, Pascal: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Programming (1984), where it is attributed as a "remark overheard at a computer science conference". It circulated as an anonymous saying for more than ten years before attributions to Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut and Yogi Berra began to appear (and later still to various others).
Disputed, Misattributed
“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.”
The Yogi Book. New York: Workman Publishing. 1997. ISBN 0-7611-1090-9, p. 16
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 81.
Found in newspapers from the early twentieth century. Not attributed to Berra until 1962. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/08/29/too-crowded/
Disputed, Misattributed
Variante: It's so crowded, nobody goes there.
“Okay you guys, pair up in threes!”
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, , p. 123.
Yogiisms
Variante: Pair up in threes.
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003,, p. 137.
Found in a poem by Jim Prior published in a Florida newspaper in 1962. Berra claimed to have made the remark around 1961; the earliest published evidence linking the saying to Berra does not appear until 1984. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/08/deja-vu-again/
Disputed
Variante: It's déjà vu all over again.
“We made too many wrong mistakes.”
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 75
On why the Yankees lost the 1960 series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Yogiisms
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”
The earliest citations of this proverb, from the mid-twentieth century, refer to it as Danish in origin. See http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/20/no-predict/
Disputed, Misattributed
“It gets late early out there.”
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 27
Referring to the adverse sun conditions in left field at Yankee Stadium.
Yogiisms
Variante: It gets late awfully early around here.[citation needed]
“If you ask me a question I don't know, I'm not going to answer.”
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All, Simon and Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0743244532, p. 101.
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