Tommy Lasorda Quotes

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.

If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.

Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away.

If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.

I'm sick and tired of people saying that taking drugs is a sickness. When you put something of your own free will in your own body knowing that it's harmful against the body, it's against the law and all it will do is lead you down the path of destruction, that is a weakness.

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.

A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.

Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don't care and the rest are glad.

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.

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.

I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe, coming here and seeing so many cars, so much enthusiasm.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

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.

You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.

You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back.

I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.

My son wasn't gay. No way.

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.

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.

When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out.

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.

No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.

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.

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven.

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

It is a great honor to be inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame. When you honor me with this distinction, you really honor the players who put me there. All of the honors I receive became a reality only through the contributions of my players. In addition to myself, you also honor my family and the Dodger organization. I accept this recognition with pride and gratitude.

My goal is to live to be 100.

I was fortunate enough to coach the US Olympic team in Australia. The parks were full at all times. How can they take away a sport like that?

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

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.'

I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.

You have got to love what you're doing. No matter what it is. Whatever you undertake in life, if you don't love it, and you don't enjoy it, you are making a big mistake. You have got to love what you are doing. You have to appreciate what you are getting, and you have to do it to the best of your ability.

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.

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.

Nothing succeeds like - failure.