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Quotes of the Day for 12 May 2005 - Yogi Berra

Lawrence Peter Berra was born at Saint Louis, Missouri on this day in 1925. While waiting to bat in childhood baseball games he sat with his arms and legs crossed in what teammates thought looked like a yoga position, thus the "Yogi" nickname. Miffed that one of his friends got a better offer from the Saint Louis Cardinals than he had, Yogi signed with the Yankees where he played from 1946 to 1963 and is considered one of the best catchers in baseball. After retiring as a player he managed or coached until 1992, with the Yankees, Mets, and Houston Astros, with great success as well. For those of us who aren't baseball fans, he also left some marvelous malapropisms.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they aren't.

Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

The future ain't what it used to be.

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

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else.

If the people don't want to come out to the park, nobody's going to stop them.

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours.
     - All from Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

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