Διαβάζω, αυτή την εποχή, (και) το βιβλίο “Ο Μαύρος Κύκνος” του κ. Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Δύσκολο, ομολογώ, βιβλίο αλλά, το παλεύω (μαζί και τα εμετικά, για εμένα πάντα, “αφορά στο”, και τα συναφή, του μεταφραστή).
Στο βιβλίο αυτό, λοιπόν, “συνάντησα” και τον Yogi Berra. Συγκεκριμένα, και μέχρι τώρα, διάβασα δυο αφορισμούς του. Αντιγράφω:
Όπως είχε πει και ο Yogi Berra , άλλος μεγάλος στοχαστής και αυτός, «Πρέπει να προσέχεις πολύ άμα δεν ξέρεις που πας, καθώς μπορεί να μην κατορθώσεις να φτάσεις». (Σελ. 316)
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(ε) «Υπάρχουν κάποιοι που, αν δεν ξέρουν ήδη κάτι, δεν μπορείς να τους το πεις», έλεγε κάποτε ο μέγας εκείνος φιλόσοφος της αβεβαιότητας, ο Yogi Berra. (Σελ. 319)
Είναι γνωστό και δηλωμένο ότι εις τα τοιαύτα είμαι επιρρεπής. Μου κινήθηκε το ενδιαφέρον. Το έψαξα. Βρήκα. Ο άνθρωπος, λοιπόν, (γεννημένος στις 12 Μαΐου 1925) ήταν παίκτης, και μετά μάνατζερ, του (αμερικάνικου) μπέιζμπολ και μάλιστα πολύ καλός και, συνεκδοχικά, διάσημος με πλήθος διακρίσεων. Πληροφορίες μπορεί κανείς να βρει εδώ. Επίσης, όπως ήδη αναφέρθηκε, είναι διάσημος για τους αφορισμούς του οι οποίοι αναφέρονται σαν “γιογκισμοί”.
Ο κ. Βerra είναι, επίσης, ο συγγραφέας των βιβλίων:
· When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes (2001) ISBN 0-7868-6775-2
· What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All (2002) ISBN 0-7432-3768-4
Υπάρχουν, βεβαίως, αρκετοί ιστότοποι στο διαδίκτυο στους οποίους μπορεί κανείς να διαβάσει ένα πλήθος από αφορισμούς του. Παραθέτω κάποιους από αυτούς στα Αγγλικά:
A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.
How can you think and hit at the same time?
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
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 never said most of the things I said.
I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.
If you ask me anything I don't know, I'm not going to answer.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
It's like deja-vu, all over again.
It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.
The future ain't what it used to be.
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.
We made too many wrong mistakes.
When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.
You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Καλό Σας ΠΣΚ.
27/05/2011
