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Yogi is right: Ninety percent of this (economics) game is half-mental

U.S. investors have just experienced their worst point-loss week in history, as measured by the Dow, as the nation, and the world, implements policies to end the global financial crisis.

In times like these investors/readers turn to the likes of Warren Buffett or George Soros to analyze the financial and economic state of things.

However, today we turn to another trusted source for time-tested counsel, advise, and wisdom: Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, retired Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees, owner of 10 World Series championship rings, and author of 'yogiisms' -- incisive malapropisms that reveal eternal truths.

After Yogi came out of a hitting slump in the Yanks' pennant-winning season of 1952, a New York newspaper reporter asked Yogi if it was his bad knee that had caused the slump to start earlier that month.

"No it wasn't my knee, it was my head," Yogi replied. "Ninety percent of this game is half-mental."

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Last updated: November 24, 2009: 04:08 AM

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