Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Mel Ott on Yogi Berra

He seemed to be doing everything wrong, yet everything came out right. He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it." - Mel Ott, about Yogi Berra

Casey Stengel on Yogi Berra

They say he's funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?" - Casey Stengel, about Yogi Berra

Hank Aaron to Yogi Berra

Yogi, I came up here to hit, not to read - Hank Aaron in the 1958 World Series an answer to Berra after being told to turn his bat around so he could 'read' the label and not break the bat.

Carmen Berra to Yogi (Berra)

You are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?"  Carmen Berra (Yogi's wife) "Surprise me." - Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra's New Watch

He'd fall in a sewer and come up with a gold watch - Casey Stengel, about Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Mistakes

We made too many wrong mistakes.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Fork in the Road

My personal favorite:  When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Gotta Be Careful

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Funerals

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours. Yogi Berra [vintage Yogi :-)]

Yogi Berra--Just Watch

You can observe a lot just by watching.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Thick Towels

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Too Crowded

Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--Deja Vu

It's like deja vu all over again.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Little League

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Soccer Moms

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra--It's Late

It gets late early out there.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Humility

It ain't the heat, it's the humility.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Things He Said

I never said most of the things I said.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Bats

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?" Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Baseball Intellect

In baseball, you don't know nothing.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Kids

I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Yankees

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary. Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Fans

If people don't want to come out to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Streaking

I don't know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Sandy Koufax

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Records

I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Hitting

How can a you hit and think at the same time? Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Amphibians

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.  Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Math

Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra on Money

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore. Yogi Berra :-)

Yogi Berra on Pitchers

All pitchers are liars or crybabies. Yogi Berra

Bum Phillips on Relationships

Former Houston Oilers coach Bum Phillips when asked by BobCostas why he takes his wife on all road trips Phillips responded: Because she's too d^%$ ugly to kiss good-bye.

Actual quotes by famous college athletes:

Coach--Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.

Actual quotes by famous athletes:

I said, son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy? He said, Coach, I don't know and I don't care."

Actual quotes by famous athletes: My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an uncle or an aunt.


Actual quotes by famous athletes: He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning, regardless of what time it is.

Actual quotes by famous athletes: That's so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes.

Actual quotes by famous athletes: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison [cont.]

for three years, not Princeton ."

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Actual quotes by famous athletes: "You guys line up alphabetically by height; and you guys pair up in [cont.]

groups of three, and then line up in a circle."

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Actual quotes by famous athletes: "I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."

Actual quotes by famous athletes: "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

Actual quotes by famous athletes: "He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings..."

Actual quotes of famous athletes: "To win [the Super Bowl], I'd run over Joe's Mom, too."

Actual statements by famous athletes: "I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl."

Actual statements by famous athletes: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."

Actual statements by famous athletes: "I wan' all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all dem kids to copulate me."

I Love Christmas lights.

They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together, half
don't work, and the ones that do aren't all that bright.

Friday, November 18, 2011

If You Don't Leave Me Alone I'll Go and Find Someone Else Who Will

How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?

I'm The Only Hell Mama Ever Raised

How come my dog don't bark when you come to my back door?

My wife ran off with my best friend and I'm sure gonna miss him.

Occupy Hooters! Do it now!

Happy Thanksgiving from Michelle & the Gang at the White House!

Get your STDs at #OWS - the gift that keeps on giving :-)

42% favor Obama-sCare??? U must be kidding! How would they know--tards can't read!

Oklahoma State women's basketball coach & assistant killed in plane crash: http://j.mp/rRvCA3 Prayers for their families...

Mornin' crackas!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Oklahoma Beef 4 Battle Coalition to send beef to troops n Afghanistan: http://bit.ly/vZoWcD Other beef states should too!

Since today is OK-lahoma's 104th Birthday, I'll let Okie Hank Thompson say it with "Oklahoma Hills" http://bit.ly/rulbQ8

Obama, flexing his muscles [:-)] sends 25 Marines to Australia! Whew! The Koalas are safe from Chinese hordes. What a Bozo!

Can't stand this airhead, Obama spokesperson, Sally Kohn. She taught the only class Obama ever attended [cont.]

- How to lie like a bass fisherman.

Idiot fires rounds at the White House - no one home :-) Bunch 'o drunks! Nice grouping Goober!

Let me make this perfectly clear; Obama is the biggest loser to have ever occupied higher office. Deplorable!

Damn! "GI Joe & Lillie", Oakridge Boys. How did he ever make it to the end? U may not--must listen/see: [cont.]

http://bit.ly/vxFYUG Thank you Rita for sending this to us!

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Obama 2012 very excited abt the 1,000,000th tel. conversation w/ volunteers--how 'bout a l'il less talk [cont.]

& a lot more action!? These people are stupid!

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Happy 104th Birthday to Oklahoma & my Dad, born on Oklahoma's 10th Birthday, God Rest His Soul!

Please, do not cheapen SCOTUS w/ cameras as Obama has cheapened the WH w/ TOTUS! THAT would be a travesty!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011