When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes
A collection of appealing, funny, and surprisingly moving essays on life, happiness, and getting through the slumps from the bestselling author and celebrated athlete. Filled with more of Yogi's inimitable and unwittingly wise aphorisms, these reflections focus on the valuable lessons Berra has learned on and off the field. From his early years as an immigrant's son through his triumphant career as a player and manager who played in a record seventy-five World Series games, Yogi illustrates his homespun philosophies with apt analogies to his baseball stories. This wise, humble, touching book is vintage Yogi Berra--in short, deja vu all over again.
Three-time MVP and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra hit home runs twice in a row with his two previous books, The Yogi Book and It Aint Over. Now, his winning streak continues as the celebrated athlete and true American hero speaks about life, baseball, and the forks in the road.Filled with the baseball legends inimitable and unwittingly wise aphorisms from It aint over till its over to You cant think and hit at the same time, these reflections focus on the valuable lessons he learned on and off the field.
Hall of Fame philosopher Yogi Berra's When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! is another volume of musings and malaprops, and the advice implicit in the title is sound indeed. Just listen: "Throughout life you come to serious forks in the road--decisions," Yogi tells us. "Which path do you choose? Sometimes it's tough. People are always afraid of making the wrong choice." Not Yogi, who explains that tragedy lies in paralysis, not bad choices or regrets, and offers personal examples from on and off the field to prop up his profundity.
Like its predecessor, The Yogi Book, Fork is essentially a collection of Yogi's well-traveled observations from out of left field, but it's much more than just d?j? vu all over again. Instead of explaining, as he has before, what prompted a particular Yogi-ism or what he was really trying to say, Yogi does his best to go deep. The charm is that Yogi's so guileless, he makes it work--there's sagacity in his simplicity. Each Yogi-ism gets its own short chapter in which Yogi riffs off the phrase to dispense a bit of homespun wisdom and inspiration. "It gets late early out there"--we get old before we're ready, but here's how to cope with it. "If you can't imitate him, don't copy him"--we all need to be true to ourselves. With Yogi's latest career as a successful author, not only ain't it over for him, there's happily no end in sight. --Jeff Silverman
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22 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 29, 2001 Type: User Review |
"He's Learning Me All His Experience"
This famous Yogi-ism not only is the subject of one of the chapters in this very entertaining book, but it could just as well be the title of the book itself. Reading this gem reminded me of getting to spend an afternoon discussing life and its...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 30, 2001 Type: User Review |
A must read
Even if you are not a yogi fan or a Yankees fan..this is a book that you will enjoy. Down home, no BS plain and simple lessons in life A book you can read in small or large doses GT
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 02, 2001 Type: User Review |
One of a Kind Inspiration
For a man who only reached eighth grade, Yogi truly is an genuis. Applying a lot of common sense philosophies and ideas, he has put together at times a funny, inspirational, and entertaining book. He applies a lot of what he learned in baseball to...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 24, 2001 Type: User Review |
Easy Inspiration
As only Yogi can do, he brings many tough life issues down to the ground level. This book is a collection of 2-3 page "truths" according to Mr. Berra. I was really impressed. The approach is one of facing challenges at the gut level and...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 05, 2001 Type: User Review |
Great inspiration
every young person should have to read this book. It relays the message that if you want to do something, you CAN do it. A lot of common sense here and should motivate people. I found it delightful and down to earth.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2001 Type: User Review |
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A BASEBALL FAN TO GET THE MESSAGE!
Yogi Berra was not your "fit in the mold" average academic student. As a matter of fact, he left at an early age, but the wisdom learned did not end with his scholastic studies; many of his lessons came from the school of hard knocks. With that...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 17, 2001 Type: User Review |
Fun .. Fascinating .. Well Worth Reading!
I bought this book for several reasons...#1 .. I had the pleasure of meeting Yogi Berra when he played a doctor on "General Hospital" where I worked as Casting Assistant. back in the early 60s. #2I bought it because I was on my way to meet the...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 15, 2001 Type: User Review |
When Taking the Bull by the Horns, You'll See the Point!
Yogi Berra is our modern day version of Will Rogers. He talks about life and what he sees, and captures a fundamental truth and humor that tickle our fancy and our sense of what's right. This book contains many of Yogi's most famous...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 11, 2001 Type: User Review |
"We'll Eat This Cake Any Day!" screamed the classmates.
I think the main attraction of a book like this is by far its most appealing aspect. This book is filled with several pages, including 'notes' by Yogi Berra in which he describes everything about everything. There's even a picture on the front. If...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 06, 2001 Type: User Review |
The absolute best time..... a good laugh for a rainy day.
I loved this book. What scares me the most was that I understood it. |
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