“If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.”

Most ball games are lost, not won.

I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. I

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What’s funny about that?

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

Managing is getting paid for home runs that someone else hits.

I got players with bad watches – they can’t tell midnight from noon.

You can’t go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living.

The team has come along slow but fast.

You have to have a catcher because if you don’t you’re likely to have a lot of passed balls.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

There comes a time in every man’s life, and I’ve had plenty of them.

Been in this game one-hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

If you’re going to cheat, it’s better if you don’t get caught.

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

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

I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don’t tear the muscles from the bones.

He can run anytime he wants. I’m giving him the red light.