What did Yogi Berra mean by "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."?

Make a decision. Indecisiveness leads nowhere.

Don’t let options stop you.

Yogi Berra was known for making redundant remarks or saying things that didn’t make sense. This is one of the remarks that doesn’t make sense. It is a waste of time to try to interpret it as something that means something.

I think he meant don’t let an opportunity go by.

Yogi is famous for his Yogi-isms. Enjoy them, do not analyze.

“You can observe a lot by watching.”

“Nobody goes there anymore because it’s too crowded.”

Well, I agree with @janbb. It really makes no sense. If you come to a fork in the road, you take it regardless.

It might be a joke about cutlery.

If you are on a road that diverges into two, take one. Either one, in doesn’t matter. Really silly given that there is no other choice.

Where he lived in New Jersey there were two ways to get to his house. At the fork in the road either one would get you there
He said this to friends as a sort of joke on himself knowing people made fun of his malapropisms
True story

He is saying don’t regret decisions you are forced to make.

@janbb , What makes Yogi-isms so appealing is that they can be interpreted in two ways. A literal interpretation is always either self-contradictory or redundant, but if you dig deeper they make sense in an interesting way.

I always thought it was a more simplistic way of saying take the road less traveled. You are on a major thoroughfare, you come to a small branch, get off the main road and take the smaller one to see where it takes you.

@kritiper The other choice is standing still at the fork :)

Perhaps another interpretation is: when faced with a decision, don’t think, act.

I’m aware that Yogi included this sentence in the directions to his house. It’s all that simple and quite prosaic.

Yet, a part of me wants to give it some wise, mystical interpretations and turn it into a metaphor. When one decides a moment, doing so might be a life-changing event. Make choices about the diverse roads of life, and embrace each decision. Be assertive in recognizing each opportunity.

Don’t get annoyed with me. Please blame Lawrence Peter Berra, who was known to the world as (drumroll) Yogi.

It’s not simple @Love_my_doggie, if he never tells them which fork to take, the left or right.

@Dutchess_III Well, Yogi’s directions continued to specify left or right. But, that isn’t the stuff of legend, and it isn’t much fun for the ages.

Ah. True.