Tommy Lasorda Quotes

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

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

I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.

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.

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

If you'd see my schedule, you'd know I have no time to slow down.

Everywhere I go, I feel strange.

I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.

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.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

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.

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

My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.

I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.

I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.

You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back.

'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.

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

There are three types of baseball players-those who make it happen those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happened.

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