Results: Yogi-isms
Published on 06/22/2024
An 18-time All-Star, Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra won a whopping 10 World Series championships as a player, all with the Yankees. Widely regarded as one of, if not the best, baseball catchers in history, there is something else Berra is best known for. Better known as “yogi-isms,” Berra is also beloved for dropping some great quotes. "The Funniest Yogi Berra Quotes of All Time" by David Beren is the main source for this survey.
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Which of these yogi-isms do you like?
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
15%
297 votes
"Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't go to yours."
20%
406 votes
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
21%
415 votes
"Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical." Some things are worth giving 180%."
19%
378 votes
None
30%
597 votes
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30%
603 votes
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Which of these yogi-isms do you enjoy? "If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else."
22%
442 votes
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
20%
408 votes
"Slump? I ain't in no slump! I just ain't hitting."
12%
237 votes
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."
24%
477 votes
None
27%
535 votes
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31%
611 votes
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Which of these yogi-isms do you like? "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
12%
238 votes
"No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded."
18%
354 votes
"How can you think and hit at the same time?"
12%
237 votes
"It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."
21%
424 votes
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32%
641 votes
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30%
596 votes
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Which of these yogi-isms can you relate with? "I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"
11%
220 votes
"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."
18%
354 votes
"I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question."
18%
354 votes
"It's like déjà vu all over again."
24%
488 votes
None
29%
578 votes
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27%
542 votes
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Which of these yogi-isms do you find humorous?
"We made too many wrong mistakes."
15%
300 votes
"I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."
15%
305 votes
"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
14%
282 votes
"I never said most of the things I said."
21%
419 votes
None
31%
616 votes
All of them.
29%
576 votes
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