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Attributed "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." "It ain't over 'til its over." "It's like déja vu all over again." "The future ain't what it used to be." "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." "I didn't really say everything I said." (Referring to the numerous Berra-isms floating around which he had not actually said.) "Never answer an anonymous letter." Describing the 1969 New York Mets...... "Overwhelming underdogs." When asked what time is was...... "What? You mean right now?" "I want to thank you for making this day necessary." (On Yogi Berra day in 1947 in St. Louis. By his account, a he asked a teammate to write a speech, and he misspoke, saying "necessary" instead of "possible.") "When you get to a fork in the road, take it." (Berra says this is part of driving directions to his house in Montclair, New Jersey. There is a fork in the road, and whichever way you take, you will get to his house) "We made too many wrong mistakes." (On why the Yankees lost the 1960 series to the Pittsburgh Pirates) "We have a good time together, even when we're not together." (Talking about his wife, Carmen. It means he likes to have some time away, but also likes to get back together.) "Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded." "You can observe a lot by watching." "I usually take a two hour nap from 1 to 4." "Think? How the hell are you gonna thing and hit at the same time?" "Ninety percent of this game is half mental." "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel." "Always go to other peoples' funerals otherwise they won't go to yours." "If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else." "You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left." "It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking." "If I didn't wake up, I'd still be sleeping." "It gets late early around here." "Slump? I ain't in now slump! I just ain't hitting." He was told he looked cool in his summer suit by the New York Mayor's wife. Berra replied, "You don't look so hot yourself." At a dinner in an Italian restaurant, he was asked how many slices should be cut in his pizza. Yogi replied, "You better make it four. I don't think I could eat eight." When asked what makes a good manager of a baseball team: "A good ball club." His wife, Carmen, asked where he would like to be buried. Yogi replied, "Surprise me!"