My wife ran the Operations side of Workman Publishing for over 15 years. It was a great career for her and the highlight for me was attending the launch party for Yogi Berra’s book containing his all his wise sayings.  A hilarious night as Yogi’s peers roasted him.  Here are some repurposed for triathlon.

"Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical."

This is unquestionably the most relevant to Triathlon and I would say it gets to 98% when going long. 

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

I get what you mean Yogi but just in case dear readers in case you have not heard, you do need to balance things in Triathon and give the last bit of the 100% as you cross the line.  

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

We sure need to be amphibious in this sport, and you might not finish if you are not good enough at both

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

IMO some of the fun has been taken out of triathlon because race directors have figured out how to manage crowds, meaning self seeding and starting 2-4 at a time.  

"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?"

I know a few people like that, always changing their equipment.  But more importantly, don’t get mad get even by amazing what when wrong, in the race or with the training.  

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

Good advice, at least as your learning the game, but if you are feeling cocky and want to intimidate the competition do what I did in 2017 when I won in Kona at 71.  There is a dinner held the Monday before the race for anyone over 65.  They have a raffle where you predict your finish time.  I put down 12:30, I crossed the line after 12;31. 

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

Something tells me this is relevant, but I can’t figure it out.  

"It gets late early out here."

This is perfect, think watching the sun set in an IM and you are only at mile 13 of the run.  

"You can observe a lot by watching."

Of the three sports you can make huge improvements in your swimming by just doing this.  Even better doing it with a swim coach who can point out the good and bad.  You can learn a lot watching poor swim form.  

"We're lost but we're making great time!"

How many of you have gone off course and had that thought.  It’s your responsibility to know the course.  

Some more of the same advice

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

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

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

This is for my old friends; it is sad and so true. I have lost too many great Triathletes, and other friends.  

"I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."

Naps are the magic bullet when you are racking up 20+ hour training weeks. 

"I never said most of the things I said."

No relevance, I just love it.  

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