UABGrad Wrote:

TexanMark Wrote:I wasn't there but I believe you.  I think time has healed some wounds and most bad feelings is still directed to Pat Dye.

Pat Dye's most famous quote "Hindsight is 50-50".

Quote:#  "This is like deja vu all over again."

# "You can observe a lot just by watching."

# "He must have made that before he died." -- Referring to a Steve McQueen movie.

# "I want to thank you for making this day necessary." -- On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947.

# "I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it." -- When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.

# "Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"

# "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

# "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."

# "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."

# "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."

# "You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

# "Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

# "It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."

# "Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

# "A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

# "Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

# "It gets late early out there." -- Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium.

# "Glen Cove." -- Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show.

# Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, 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?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

# "Do you mean now?" -- When asked for the time.

# "I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."

# "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

# "You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."

# "90% of the putts that are short don't go in."

# "I made a wrong mistake."

# "Texas has a lot of electrical votes." -- During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.

# "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself." -- After being told he looked cool.

# "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."

# "Yeah, but we're making great time!" -- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost."

# "If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."

# "Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

# "It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."

# "How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name." -- Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer."

# "I'd say he's done more than that." -- When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.

# "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

# "He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light." -- On the acquisition of fleet Ricky Henderson.

# "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?"

# "It ain't the heat; it's the humility."

# "The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."

# "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

# "I didn't really say everything I said."