Yogi Berra Quotes That Will Help You Win At Everything You Do

Berra quit school after the eighth grade, but his lack of formal education did not take away from his quick witty comments, known as Yogiisms.

Berra is survived by his three sons, who in turn produced eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

To listen to Bill (aka Jim) Littlefield’s 1998 conversation with Yogi Berra, click the play button above.

After his playing career was over, Berra coached and managed with the Yankees, Mets and Houston Astros, even managing the Yankees and Mets to the World Series, in 1964 and 1973, respectively. Both of these stats are a major league records.

He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame also in 1972.

Berra and Joe Garagiolia, who also played catcher for several major league teams before becoming a broadcaster and TV personality, grew up in the same St. Louis neighborhood and were friends from childhood. He had so many accolades in the world of baseball that it is nearly impossible to realize how many.

[ Ed. note – no, Yogi was never a member of the Braves, but this is a “Baseball” moment…

Sox closer David Robertson, a Yankees reliever for seven seasons, had hoped to see Berra when the Sox visit Yankee Stadium for a four-game series starting Thursday, but he heard the news late Tuesday night.

“The next day I talked to him”.

“There are some people who, if they don’t already know, you can’t tell ’em”. He finished his career with a slashline of.285/.348/.482 and 358 home runs.

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it“, he once famously advised.

One other thing about Yogi: at 19, he was part of a six-man crew on a U.S. Navy rocket boat during the Normandy Invasion of World War II.

“I love baseball, I really do”, he once said. But Berra will be remembered for far more than those on-field exploits.