If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.Collection: Brainy
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.Collection: Family
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.Collection: Food
The future ain't what it used to be.Collection: Future
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.Collection: Good
If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.Collection: Wisdom
You can observe a lot by watching.Collection: Wisdom
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.Collection: Sports
A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.Collection: Truth
I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.Collection: Money
I don't mean to be funny.Collection: Funny
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?Collection: Change
If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.Collection: Work
I never said most of the things I said.Collection: Funny
You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.Collection: Home
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.Collection: Funny
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.Collection: Funny
How can you think and hit at the same time?Collection: Time
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.Collection: Sports
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.Collection: Good
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.
Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.