Frases de Yogi Berra

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“No se termina hasta que termina.”

“No es demasiado lejos, sólo lo parece.”

“Ya nadie va a ese restaurante porque está siempre demasiado lleno.”

“No compraré a mis hijos una enciclopedia. ¡Que caminen a la escuela como yo hice!”

“Como sabía que tomaría el tren equivocado, salí más temprano.”

“Y te pagan en efectivo, lo que es tan bueno como el dinero.”

“-Profesor de Yogi: "¿Es que usted no sabe nada, Berra?"
-Yogi: "Ni siquiera sospecho nada, señor.”

“Los parecidos entre mi padre y yo son completamente diferentes.”

“No puedo concentrarme mientras pienso.”

“La mitad de las mentiras que dicen de mí no son verdad.”

“Nunca respondo una carta anónima.”

“¿Mala racha? ¡No tengo una mala racha! Simplemente no estoy bateando.”

“Córtela en cuatro, no creo que pueda comer ocho.”

“Uso guantes a causa de mis manos.”

“Siempre pensé que ese record seguiría hasta que alguien lo quiebre.”

“Usualmente duermo una siesta de dos horas. De 1 a 4.”

“Era difícil mantener una conversación con alguien, había demasiada gente hablando.”

“Júntense de a dos, en tríos.”

“Parece ser que el viento siempre sopla contra los catchers cuando están corriendo.”

“¿Pensar? ¿¡Cómo demonios se supone que puedo pensar y batear al mismo tiempo!?”

“Si fuera de una persona pobre, se lo devolvería.”

“En realidad no he dicho todo lo que dije.”

“Un buen club de béisbol.”

“Un día inaugural de temporada siempre es excitante, no importa si sea en casa o como visitantes.”

“Hasta Napoleón tuvo su Watergate.”

“Daría mi brazo derecho por ser ambidiestro.”

“Creo que es la primera vez que llego tarde tan temprano.”

“Nunca me enojo conmigo mismo cuando no estoy logrando batear. Sólo me enojo con el bate. Si la mala racha sigue, cambio el bate. Después de todo, si se que no es mi culpa ¿cómo puedo enojarme conmigo mismo?”

“Quiero agradecerles por hacer esta fiesta necesaria.”

“Si la gente no quiere venir al estadio, nadie va a detenerla.”

“Si no puedes imitarlo, no lo copies.”

“Oscurece horrendamente temprano por aquí.”

“Es como un déjà vu otra vez.”

“Es difícil hacer predicciones… especialmente sobre el futuro.”

“El pitcheo siempre vence al bateo, y viceversa.”

“No bateo con mi cara”

“Tienes que dar el 100% en la primera mitad del partido. Si eso no fue suficiente, entonces en la segunda mitad tiene que dar lo que queda.”

“Cuando encuentres una bifurcación en el camino, tómala.”

“Hoy en día, un céntimo no vale ni un duro.”

“Uno puede observar muchas cosas con sólo mirar.”

“Debe haberla hecho antes de morir.”

“Siempre voy a los entierros de los demás, porque de lo contrario ellos no vendrán al mío.”

“El béisbol es un noventa por ciento mental. La otra mitad es física.”

“No podría decir si el nudista era hombre o mujer porque se tapaba la cara con una bolsa.”

“El juego no se acaba hasta que se termina.”

“El futuro no es lo que solía ser.”

“If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.”

“If you don't know where you're going, you might not get there.”

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

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

“Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.”

“If you don't know where you are going you will end up somewhere else”

“For a while, he was far better than the team around him, and he could give me fits..”

“I knew the record would stand until it was broken.”

“You guys are trying to stop Musial in 15 minutes while the National League ain’t stopped him in 15 years.”

“Before the payoff game in a World Series with the Dodgers in Brooklyn, Casey Stengel said in the clubhouse, "Well, this is it. Now who do you want to pitch?" The 40 guys in the clubhouse shouted "Raschi!" so loud the Dodgers must have heard it across the way. That's what we Yankees thought of Raschi. What did Raschi have? He had a slider and a curve that wasn't too good, but what made him so rough was a fast ball that got them out. Funny thing about him was that he couldn't relieve as good as Toots Shor. The guy was built to finish what he started.”

“People seem to find it hard to believe, but I'm a very serious person. It wasn't luck that I became a ballplayer. I never wanted to be anything else and I never considered anything else and I worked my tail off for it. To say that I don't have any worries or nerves is the opposite of the truth. I worry about not being able to get around on the fast ball any more, I worry about getting hurt and having to quit playing before my time. I worry about the bowling alley I own with Phil Rizzuto making money. I worry about keeping Carm happy so she won't be sorry she married me, about the kids growing up good, and about keeping out of trouble with God. I worry a lot. I'm nobody's mascot, either. Sure, I like to get along with people and I hope I've made friends, but that's different.”

“Rock Hudson, I suppose.”

“Sometimes I think there must be two Yogi Berras. There is the one who grew up on the Hill in St, Louis, who's been playing ball for the Yankees for fourteen years, has a beautiful wife named Carmen and three boys, Larry, Timmy, and Dale, and lives in a nice house in Montclair, N. J. That's me. Then there's the one you read about in the papers who is a kind of a comic-strip character, like Li'l Abner or Joe Palooka. […] I don't know that Yogi at all, because he doesn't exist.”

“But it don't bother me. I never yet saw anybody hit the baseball with their face. Besides, I like to get kidded; that means they like me. When they stop kidding me, I'm in trouble.”

“It's unbelievable that Phil had to wait so long to get in to the Hall of Fame. Maris's home run record in 1961 has become something of a curse. He wasn't just a home run hitter, he could do everything—hit in the clutch, field, throw and run.”

“[What time is it? ] You mean now?”

“My ambition is to hit.400 and talk 1.000.”

“Never answer an anonymous letter.”

“Lopat was the cutest of the gang, the easiest to catch because he had almost perfect control of every pitch at different speeds. He made batters impatient. They couldn't wait for what looked so easy to hit and they'd swing at his motion.”

“I looked like this when I was young, and I still do.”

“From the kids on the neighborhood Stag Athletic Club baseball team on the Hill. We went to a movie one afternoon, and there was one of those yogi characters in the picture. Coming out of the joint, one of the kids looked at me, started laughing, and said: "Hey, Berra walks just like that yogi in the movie."”

“What's wrong with readin' comic books? I don't understand this kiddin' about readin' comic books. When I get through with 'em the other players on our club borrow them from me. Nobody makes a fuss about that.”

“I gotta shake hands with himǃ That's one guy I know I'm better lookin' than.”

“He's learning me all of his experience.”

“I dunno. This game is getting funnier and funnier. We do everything but punch 'em in the nose and here we are all tied up in the Series. We flatten 'em by scores of 16-3, 10-0 and 12-0 and we still need one more to win. How do you figure that? Don't write this, but even if they beat us tomorrow, we're the better club.”

“Little things are big.”

“Thank you for making this day necessary.”

“You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.”

“Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.”