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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Norristown
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?
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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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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.
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When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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.
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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.
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Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
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