“It’s deja vu all over again.”

[PolWatch]

Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra, considered by many to be the greatest catcher in history, turns 90 today. Berra spent 19 seasons with the New York Yankees and finished his career with three MVP awards, 15 All-Star game appearances and 12 World Series home runs. He holds the record for most World Series games played with 75.

However, most people today remember him for his funny quotes. A few of his best:

“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
“I usually take a two hour nap from one to four.”
“It’s deja vu all over again.”
“Never answer an anonymous letter.”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...512-story.html

[del]

when you come to a fork in the road, take it

that place is so crowded, nobody goes there any more

[PattyHill]

I didn't realize he was still alive! that's awesome!

[Ravens Fan]

I didn't either.

[PolWatch]

showing my age....he was one of the sports stars of my youth! I can even remember watching Johnny Unitas play football!

[Redrose]

"All pitchers are liars or crybabies."

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Source: Baseball Digest (June 1987)

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

"Bill Dickey is learning me his experience."

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

"How can a you hit and think at the same time?"

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

"I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five."

"I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads."

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

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

"In baseball, you don't know nothing."

"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 never said most of the things I said."

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

"It gets late early out there."

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

"It's like deja vu all over again."

"I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field."

"Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." Source: Catcher in the Wry (Bob Uecker)

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental." Source: Sports Illustrated (May 14, 1979)

"Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."

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

"Take it with a grin of salt."

"The game's isn't over until it's over."

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

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

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

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

"We made too many wrong mistakes."

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

[Redrose]

The funny thing is I knew what he meant. I got to see him only once in person, I wish I could have gotten his autograph.

[PolWatch]

I have heard some say that he did get his words twisted some of the time....but some of it was a quirky sense of humor.

[del]

showing my age....he was one of the sports stars of my youth! I can even remember watching Johnny Unitas play football!

i met johnny unitas a couple of times. he was a genuinely nice man.

[PolWatch]

My father & both my brothers believed Johnny Unitas could walk on water!