Yogi Berra: How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Yogi Berra

Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too.

Blissquote, Interview, Blissquote, 13 January 2026 source ↗

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Mark Bonnar

Like a warm velvet glove.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 April 2025 source ↗

Andy Murray British professional tennis player, 2005–2024

I am happy to sit in silence with my wife and I think that is a good sign – we are just happy being in each other’s company.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2019 source ↗

Suzi Quatro American-British rock musician

Like coming home in every sense.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 November 2016 source ↗

Shirley Manson Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Talking too much.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2010 source ↗

Question What fills you with the most pride? Identity & self

I’m very happy about it. You know, a kid from the Hill being elected to the Hall of Fame. Proud of it.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, New York City, 1 June 2005 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

To relax without being bothered.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 April 2010 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

My ambition is to hit .400 and talk 1.000.

Recorded Wikiquote, Interview, Wikiquote, 2 November 2026 source ↗

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