Tommy Lasorda Quotes

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.

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

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

I bleed Dodger blue!

I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it.

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.

No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.

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

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.

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.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.

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

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

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?

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

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