Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
Tommy Lasorda
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Voice Actor
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
Success
Baseball
Inspirational
Watches
Three
Watch
Happens
Motivational
Make
Type
Athletics
Player
Types
Happen
Coaching
Wonder
Players
More quotes by Tommy Lasorda
Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
Tommy Lasorda
There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.
Tommy Lasorda
I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
Tommy Lasorda
The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
Tommy Lasorda
If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
Tommy Lasorda
Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
Tommy Lasorda
The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
Tommy Lasorda
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
Tommy Lasorda
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.
Tommy Lasorda
Nothing succeeds like - failure.
Tommy Lasorda
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
Tommy Lasorda
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.
Tommy Lasorda
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
My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
Tommy Lasorda
I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, Hey, you can't run too much. Or if you're a boxer you say, Hey, you can only box three rounds. It's not right!
Tommy Lasorda
I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
Tommy Lasorda
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
Tommy Lasorda
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
Tommy Lasorda
Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda.
Tommy Lasorda
Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
Tommy Lasorda
