If Yogi Berra Had Walked The Camino He Might Have Said...

[PMSLAW]

Yogi Berra is a famous American baseball played. He played for the New York Yankees in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. His often quoted "Yogi-isms" are surprisingly relevant to the Camino, with few modifications. Here are a couple. Do you have any?

The Camino is 90 percent physical. The other half is mental.

You can see a lot by just looking.

No one goes to that Albergue anymore. It's always too crowded.

 

[Canuck]

It's not over till it's over... and you've seen the botafumeiro.

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

It's déjà vu all over again

 

[MendiWalker]

Here´s a few more.........

"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
"Yeah, but we're making great time!" -- In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost."

Buen Camino!

 

[PMSLAW]

People in Spain usually take a two hour nap... from one until four.

 

[MendiWalker]

Is that A.M. or P.M.?

Buen Camino!

 

[KinkyOne]

"For the opportunity to walk the Camino I would like to thank my parents, especially mother and father!"

 

[PMSLAW]

“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”

 

[KinkyOne]

"If the black cat crosses your Camino, that means he/she is heading somewhere."

"If you don't like walking the Camino just turn for 360 degrees and go home."

 

[HalfDomeOrBust]

These are awesome!!!!

 

[PMSLAW]

It gets late early out here.

If people don't want to walk a Camino, nobody is going to stop them.

 

[MoniRose]

I LOVE these cuz they are all so TRUE!

 

[PMSLAW]

If the Camino were perfect, it wouldn't be.

 

[MendiWalker]

Now I know why people get up so early.
"I knew I was going to take the wrong Camino, so I left early."

 

[Aldy]

"It ain’t over till it’s over" - and in the case of many, the Camino is NEVER over - even years after your Camino experiences.

 

[KinkyOne]

On the way to Roncesvalles (maybe at Orisson):

"Where's all the air for breathing? I'm not leaving until I know."

 

[Seawarrior]

"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."

 

[PMSLAW]

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

 

[PMSLAW]

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

 

[Canuck]

Eternity is really long, especially near the end.(Woody Allen)

 

[KinkyOne]

Just one of the famous quotes from one of our football (soccer) players, adapted for Camino:

"While walking the Camino I've hurt my knee. The one on my leg."

 

[Brigitte Klaib]

I don't know why the earlier pilgrims didn't make it easier for themselves and just walk on the N120

 

[KinkyOne]

Just got another one:
"It's always worse before it gets better."

Really like that one. So true. Similar to:

- Why are gypsies (romes) smiling when it rains?
- Because they know the sun will shine afterwards.

 

[PMSLAW]

It's not too far, it just seems like it is.

We have a good time together, even when we are not together.

 

[KinkyOne]

Hahaha, PMSLAW, apropos your first quote in the last post I have to reveal one of my mom's (of course adapted for Camino). She really became kind of a philosopher after three wins over cancer. She had also walked St.Jean - Logrono in 2009 with me.

"When walking the Camino you can make yourself miserable or strong. But the amount of walking will be still the same."

 

[pilgrim b]

The mountains get bigger the older I get.

 

[PMSLAW]

Hahaha, PMSLAW, apropos your first quote in the last post I have to reveal one of my mom's (of course adapted for Camino). She really became kind of a philosopher after three wins over cancer. She had also walked St.Jean - Logrono in 2009 with me.

"When walking the Camino you can make yourself miserable or strong. But the amount of walking will be still the same."

Blessings to your Mother, and to those she holds dear!!

 

[KinkyOne]

If Yogi Berra would liked milk-shake maybe he may want to feed one of those rubias gallegas with snow.

On the rock below the lighthouse at Cabo de Finisterre after finishing the Camino.
- left foot says to the right foot: "Now I have enough. It’s finished between us!"

 

[brkdn2]

I'd give your everything I have ,but I'm carrying it all on my back.

 

[Kitsambler]

And the best one yet for Camino preparation: "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is."

 

[PMSLAW]

And the best one yet for Camino preparation: "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is."

SO TRUE!!

 

[PMSLAW]

If Yogi Berra read through these comments:
"I didn't really say everything I said."

 

[longwalker]

My buddy Mikee says, "it's always darkest just before the pitch black".

 

[Kitsambler]

Yogi remarks on walking the Meseta: "It ain't the heat, it's the humility."

Yogi on some Camino beginners: "There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em."

Yogi or finding Camino companions: "Pair up in threes."

Yogi on the "km yet to go" post leaving SJPP: "It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it."

 

[KinkyOne]

"Blisters on your feet does not mean that the road is long, but it was uncomfortable shoes."

 

[MendiWalker]

For those of you who´ve never heard of or seen Yogi Berra this is a picture of him. http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/images/yogi-berra-framed.gif

I think he would have made a great "peregrino" . And if he would see this thread he wouldn´t pee himself laughing, he´d just urinate like us all.

May you rest in peace, Yogi, we love you.

Buen Camino!

 

[PMSLAW]

May you rest in peace, Yogi, we love you.

To my knowledge, Yogi is still alive. However, on the subject of death he observed:
"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours."

 

[MendiWalker]

Who said he had died? If you gotta wait till you die to rest in peace....... life ain´t worth living don´t you think?

Buen Camino!

 

[KinkyOne]

Y.B. sitting in Plaza do Obradoiro (or any other Plaza) watching older woman:
"Throwing grain is in vain. The square belongs to pidgeons."

But maybe he should say "to pilgrims"

 

[Caminomary525]

Yogi: "Spain is full of really smart people. They all know how to speak a foreign language."

 

[KinkyOne]

Yogi weather prognosis:
"Towards evening it'll get dark all the way to the west."

 

[grayland]

January 29, 2018

Bumping this old timeless 2013 thread.

Always good for a smile..

 

[La Brique Jaune]

I'm such a dreamer, especially at night.

 

[Bala]

January 29, 2018

Bumping this old timeless 2013 thread.

Always good for a smile..

Old threads -- treasure troves of fun and wisdom. This one is a gem. Thanks for bumping it up, Grayland.

Rest in peace, Yogi Berra, Sept. 22, 2015.

 

[Deleted member 73526]

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Hehe. But that's Bohr, not Berr.

 

[Marbe2]

For those racing to their next destination...”You can observe a lot just by watching.”

“We’re lost but making good time!” On occasion I have experienced this!