Quotes by Tommy Lasorda

About Tommy Lasorda:

Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda is a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.
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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.

Tommy Lasorda

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

Tommy Lasorda

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.

Tommy Lasorda

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.

Tommy Lasorda

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

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

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.

Tommy Lasorda

When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you feel pressure on you?' I said: 'Want to know something? I'm worried about the guy who's going to have to replace me.'

Tommy Lasorda

We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life.

Tommy Lasorda

If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.

Tommy Lasorda

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

Tommy Lasorda

One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, 'What are you crying fo...

Tommy Lasorda

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

Tommy Lasorda

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

Tommy Lasorda

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?

Tommy Lasorda

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

Tommy Lasorda

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

Tommy Lasorda

Author Bio

  • NameTommy Lasorda
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player and coach
  • BornSeptember 22, 1927
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player
  • AwardsOrder Of The Rising Sun, 4th Class