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Yogi Berra Yogisms.  My father-in-law is a baseball freak…you know, the kind of freak that knows who played third base for the Yankees in 1967.  Me, I can’t even remember Fannie Mae waiting period for a high-balance foreclosure (that’s why I write stuff down).  Yogi was one of his favorites, and for good reason.  Yogi had unconventional wisdom – something I admire greatly.  Here are some of my favorite quotes:

• Perhaps his most famous:  It ain’t over ’til it’s over.
• The future ain’t what it used to be.
• I wish I had an answer to that, because I’m tired of answering that question.
• Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.
• You can observe a lot by watching.
• If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
• About a St. Louis restaurant: No one goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.
• If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
• We made too many wrong mistakes.
• You tell the stupidest questions.
• Never answer an anonymous letter.
• In baseball, you don’t know nothing.
• On his hitting approach: I can’t think and hit at the same time.
• So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.
• When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
• Always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise, they won’t come to yours.
• And finally, on economics: A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

Thanks for your wisdom Yogi!

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