Yogi-isms

"It ain't over 'till it's over"

"Never answer an anonymous letter"

"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four"

"It's deja vu all over again"

"It gets late early out there."

"When you come to the fork in the road, take it"

"I didn't really say everything I said"

"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them"

"Nobody goes there any more, it is too crowded"

"You can observe a lot by watching"

"I had a bad year last year, and maybe the reason was I tried to hit too many good pitches."

"I really didn't say everything I said"

"The stadium was as loud as I've seen it."

"The future ain't what it used to be"

"You can't think and hit at the same time"

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental"

"Little League baseball is a good thing 'cause it keeps the parents off the streets and the kids out of the house"

"Pitching always beats batting and vice versa."

"You don't look so hot yourself." -- On being told by the wife of New York Mayor John V. Lindsay that he looked cool despite the heat:

Bryant Gumbel:	"Let's do some word association. Mickey Mantle."
Yogi:	"What about him?"

Finally, from son Dale Berra: "Our similarities are different."