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Tommy Lasorda Quotes

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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon....  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I’ve had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn’t take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that’s exactly what our team did.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) When you say you’re a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you’re a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you’re a Dodger, everybody knows you’re in the Major Leagues  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don’t remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don’t remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) My wife tells me one day, ‘I think you love baseball more than me.’ I say, ‘Well, I guess that’s true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.’  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) We’re all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I do not care whether you’re a Democrat or you’re a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren’t drafted. They enlisted, because they believe.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) You give loyalty, you’ll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo’s election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that’s the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you’ve got to shut the doors down.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) When we win, I’m so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I’m so depressed, I eat a lot. When we’re rained out, I’m so disappointed I eat a lot.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I didn’t even graduate from high school. I’ve never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, ‘What are you crying for? When major league players lose, they don’t cry.’  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don’t care and the rest are glad.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) I wasn’t quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) It’s still the best game in town because you don’t have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I’d be a 300-game winner.  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) If he raced his pregnant wife he’d finish third  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Everybody makes mistakes, that’s why they put erasers on pencils  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) You give loyalty, you’ll get it back  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes) Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn’t win  (Tommy Lasorda Quotes)
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