Friends, family and fans remembered the life of Yogi Berra Sunday at a memorial celebration in New Jersey. NY1's Matt McClure filed the following report.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - The sights and sounds of baseball were all around as hundreds of fans gathered Sunday to remember Yogi Berra.

Friends and family paid tribute to the legendary player and coach at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center on the campus of Montclair State University in New Jersey.

"To me, he was just dad, but to see all the overwhelming joy that's been presented by all you people is amazing," said Larry Berra, Yogi's son.

Berra died last month at age 90.

"Funeral services had to be private, and we just wanted the public to be able to come out and express that love and have a tribute for grandpa," said Lindsay Berra, Yogi's granddaughter.

Berra won 10 World Series rings as a player with the Yankees. He later managed both the Bombers and the Mets.

One fan brought her young relatives to learn more about Berra's career.

"It's nice to learn about somebody who wasn't a showboat," the fan said. "He was just very humble, very down to earth."

Berra also served in the Navy in World War II, storming the beaches of Normandy and earning a Purple Heart.

"Before he ever became famous, became an American legend and folklore hero, he was just a regular guy that served his country, went to battle, and came home and raised his family," said Neil Van Ess of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

But arguably, the things Berra will be most remembered for are his "Yogi-isms."

"I like it when he said 'It gets late out here early,' because that's when he was playing left field," said one fan.

"Some of Yogi's favorite words were, 'All right, let's go pair off in threes,'" said another.

"Mine is, 'If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be,'" Lindsay Berra said. "I like the profound ones that maybe aren't quite as funny."

Family members said this celebration is about much more than just Yogi Berra's illustrious baseball career. It's also about the type of man he was both on and off the field."

"Teamwork, leadership, respect, treating people with dignity," Lindsay Berra said. "Really, I just want people to remember that, as good of a ballplayer he was, he was a much better man. And that says a lot, because he was a really good ballplayer."