Quotes from Tommy Lasorda

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

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.

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 for? When major league players lose, they don't cry.'

Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

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.

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

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

The best possible thing in baseball is winning the World Series. The second best thing is losing the World Series

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends

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

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Dreaming in necessary for a winner,but executing the dreams to reality is must to 'win'.

I believe that 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.

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.

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

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.