Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Yogi's Quotes

I was reading a news item that said: 

“This application is déjà vu all over again”. 

This is one of the famous quotes by Yogi Berra. He was the Manager for the New York Yankees, a professional baseball team. But Yogi Berra was more famous for his quotes, ala, Rajni Kanth quotes. I don’t know if I wrote a blog post about Yogi’s quotes or not. Anyhow, here are some of his famous quotes. 

It ain’t over till it’s over. 

You can observe a lot just by watching. 

He must have made that movie before he died (referring to an actor). 

I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early. 

If you can’t imitate him, don’t copy him. 

Baseball is 90% mental – other half is physical. 

Nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded. 

I take a 2-hour nap – from 1 o’clock to 4 o’clock. 

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel. 

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

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

If the fans don’t come out to the ball park, you can’t stop them. 

And finally, my favorite: 

Yogi goes to a pizza corner and ordered a pizza. The waiter asked if Yogi wants him to make 6 slices or 8 slices of the pizza. Yogi said: I am very hungry and so make it 8 slices.

13 comments:

  1. To the best of my memory you have not posted this topic earlier. All quotes are good. Icing on the cake is your favourite

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  2. Those quotes look simple, but quite meaningful as well.

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    1. Thanks for your comments Pradeep. Yes, they are.

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    2. Completely agree with Pradeep, they are words in layman's terms but have such indept meaning ..... my fav is the first one......

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    3. Thanks for your comments Dee.

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  3. I think there is a philosophy in - If you can't imitate him, don't copy him. It's not enough to just copy, but understand why. If imitate means that ;)

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    1. Thanks for your comments Rajesh. HeHeHe. Even Yogi would not come up with this interpretation.

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  4. There is a hiatus in his quotes.
    I think he thinks he is big. Because he thought 8 slices is more than 6 slices in his hiatus. He failed to realize that it is the same sized pizza. But he is big. He is big. He is big.
    Megalomaniac basically.

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  5. Interesting observations :)
    Deja vu- all over again! :)

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  6. Nice quotes... Like the Pizza one the best :) Sounded like my 3 yr old !

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