Yogi Berra
Traced to source
8 quotes we’ve traced to Yogi Berra
“I really didn't say everything I said”
Verified“It ain't over till it's over”
Attributed“When you come to a fork in the road, take it”
Attributed“Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't go to yours”
Disputed“I never said most of the things I said”
Disputed“It's déjà vu all over again”
Disputed“Never answer an anonymous letter”
Disputed“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded”
DisputedNot actually Yogi Berra
Often misattributed to Yogi Berra
Famous lines widely pinned on Yogi Berra that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Always go to other people's funerals; otherwise they won't go to yours”
actually Unknown (in print by 1876, decades before Berra was born)
“If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them”
actually Sol Hurok
“If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”
actually Sol Hurok
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is”
actually Benjamin Brewster
“It's déjà vu all over again”
actually Clifford Terry
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future”
actually Unknown — a Danish proverb
“Never answer an anonymous letter”
actually Unknown (a 19th-century saying)
“Ninety percent of this game is half-mental”
actually Jim Wohlford
“Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded”
actually Unknown (an anonymous newspaper humorist)
“The future ain't what it used to be”
actually Laura Riding & Robert Graves
On the research bench
Commonly pinned on Yogi Berra — under review
3 lines flagged as pinned on Yogi Berra and queued for a full source trace — not yet verified.
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