Is there anyone more eminently quotable than New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra?
The Yankee catcher was a Hall of Fame player on the field — he won 10 World Series rings, racked up three MVP awards and was selected for an incredible 18 All-Star games — but achieved even more lasting notoriety due to an unprecedented proclivity for offering up everyday observations that are both paradoxically mind-bending and humorous.
Now there is some question as to whether or not Berra actually uttered all the quotes that are credited to him. (In reality, he didn’t.) But there’s no doubt that if there were a Quips Hall of Fame, he’d have been a unanimous first-ballot inductee.
Even his reported response to his famous quotes — “I never said most of the things I said” — is a perfect example of what we endearingly call a Yogi-ism.