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"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
Yogi walked into the dressing room, one of his players said, "Hey, Yogi, you sure look cool today." Yogi replied, "Yeah, you don't look so hot yourself."
"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."
"Nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded."
Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium. "it gets late out there early."
During his movie review television show referring to actress Glen Close. Yogi called her "Glen Cove" (a village on Long Island).
"If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."
"I didn't say the things I said."
"It's deja vu over again."
"It ain't over until its over."
"Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical."
Yogi was interviewed after a game, as compensation he received a check "Pay to the order of BEARER" He said, "I've known this guy so long, he can't spell my name right."
When asked what time it was, Yogi said "Do you mean now?"
"90% of the putts that are short don't go in."
"You can see alot by observing."
"You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what is left."
When asked "what would you do if you found $1 million?" Yogi responded, "if the guy who lost it was poor, I'd give it back."
Yogi, on seeing three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats, said, "those guys make a pair."
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
"I made a wrong mistake."
Yogi met George Bush during an election campaign. Bush said Texas was important. Yogi said "Texas has a lot of electrical votes."
Yogi ordered a pizza, the waitress asked into how many pieces do you want your pie cut? Yogi responded, "4, I don't think I could eat 8."
After seeing the opera Tosca, Yogi remarked, "I really liked it, even the music was nice."
"He was a big clog in their machine"
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