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 LasordaGuys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl?
Tommy LasordaManaging is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away.
Tommy LasordaYou 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.
Tommy Lasorda