Quote

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

Tommy Lasorda

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

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
Portrait
Portraits
Happen
Happens
Thought
Ever
Would
Smithsonian

More quotes by Tommy Lasorda

Image
Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
Tommy Lasorda
Image
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
Image
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
Tommy Lasorda
Image
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.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
Tommy Lasorda
Image
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
Tommy Lasorda