Yogiisms

"90% of the game is half mental". My laughter turned to wondering about the author, Yogi Berra. I admit that the most I knew was that he was a famous baseball player. A google search revealed a talented athlete and a guy who could be really funny. . Berra, who quit school after the eighth grade, has a tendency toward malapropism and fracturing the English language. Although my work involves giving workshops on humor and stress, I have to admit that I had to look up malapropism. I found out that it is the substitution of a word for a word with a similar sound, in which the resulting phrase makes no sense, but often creates a comic effect. Hey, I think I do that a lot too.

Wikipedia has more great information on Yogi Berra including details on his baseball career and the fact that Yogi Bear was supposedly named after him.

But his Yogiisms are what I really wanted to share in the hope that you laugh as much as I did!

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

"I really didn't say anything I said."

"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

"I made a wrong mistake."

"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

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

On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

One of the most famous, "It ain't over till it's over."

"If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

But this has to be my favorite quote: "Be sure to go to other people's funerals or else they won't come to yours!'

So-- I will go to your funeral if you come to mine!