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.
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.
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.
Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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.
I don’t mean to be funny.
The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
We have deep depth.
I never figured I’d go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
You can observe a lot by watching.
I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.
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?
I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
I guess I’ve got a smart wife.
Pair up in threes.
So I’m ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.
The future ain’t what it used to be.
It’s pretty far, but it doesn’t seem like it.
You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.
I don’t like seeing myself on television. I don’t like it.
It’s like deja-vu, all over again.
You don’t have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it’ll go.
There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em.
If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren’t allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
It’s fun; baseball’s fun.
In baseball, you don’t know nothing.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
All pitchers are liars or crybabies.
I enjoy now doing what I do… playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.
Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.
I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
I didn’t know much about golf growing up.
