Tommy Lasorda Quotes (37 Quotes)

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

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

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

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

There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.

We met with him for two hours, and we talked about everything. He seldom laughed, that was one thing I noticed. He did not have much of a sense of humor. But he was a good fan of baseball, and he loved to talk about it.

Frank asks me questions, and I give him opinions, and that's it. I'm the senior advisor to the chairman of the board. It wouldn't be good if we both had the same opinions.

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.

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.

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

He was to people all over the world what a baseball player was supposed to be like,

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

Do you know how many countries are represented in the Olympics, and how many sports, and how many athletes ... A lot. A lot. But no Americans in baseball Why Why It's sad. Very sad.

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

I told him, 'You will be a major league manager. You have the ability, you have the knowledge and certainly have the correct attitude,'

I am able to speak at many, many functions, ... The reason I support the United Way is that it does so much good in our country. A lot of people, like all of you gathered here today, are always willing to help. It's something that makes this country great. It's always good to meet people and to break bread with them.

All last year we tried to teach him English, and the only word he learned was million.

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

I traveled 2,500 miles to have lunch with you all. It's a good lunch, ... But you have to care.

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

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

This is something that we needed so desperately in this game. And to see the reaction of the fans all over the country is really and truly amazing, and to see the excitement at that ballpark today was stimulating. All of us in baseball should really say to those guys congratulations for what they've done for the game.

If you said to God, 'Create someone who was what a baseball player should be,' God would have created Joe DiMaggio ... And he did.

Guys 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?

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

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.'

They made a movie about the hockey team, ... but, I'm telling you, for us to beat the Cubans was bigger than for them to beat the Russians. Nobody in all of the world believed we could have beaten the Cubans.

Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon.

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.

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

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

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.

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

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.

Why Go ask my wife, she'll tell you.

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