Tommy Lasorda
15 quotes
Biography
Thomas Charles Lasorda was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996.
"If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven."
"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?"
"About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure."
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
"Manny Mota and Vic Davalillo have 100 years between them. The average age of our bench is deceased."
"I knew something was up when he couldn't go to his right. He said he was living his fantasy, and I said it was my fantasy to get his [rear] off the field."
"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."
"Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts."
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination."
"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."
"Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path."
"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."
"There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happened."
"There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happened."