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Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
American Coach
Born: Sep 22, 1927
Baseball Dodgers Get Love Me You
Related authors: Bear Bryant Bobby Knight Dabo Swinney Jim Valvano John Wooden Lou Holtz Nick Saban Vince Lombardi
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened. Tommy Lasorda
People World Three Kinds Make Make It Happen Wonder Happen Happened Happens Who Watch
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens. Tommy Lasorda
Three Types Those Make Make It Happen Wonder Happen Happens Who Baseball Baseball Players Watch Players
If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. Tommy Lasorda
Love Good You Dodgers Get May Heaven Good Chance Chance
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
Good You Win Matter Lose Other Bad One-Third Makes How Going Difference Your Games Third
You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. Tommy Lasorda
Today Day You Every Day Better Wake Up Every Make Wake Up Than Last
'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. Tommy Lasorda
Failure You Word Pressure Think Thinking Our Vocabulary Because Misused Start Started
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter... or anybody else's wife. Tommy Lasorda
Word Wife Daughter Else One Word Never Front Anybody Granddaughter Used Profanity
I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code. Tommy Lasorda
Army Remember School Gun Locker Entire Boy Boy Scout Still Motto Scout Serial Code Number
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. Tommy Lasorda
Home Driving Like Counts Safely Gets Who Baseball
If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. Tommy Lasorda
Life Love Day You Job Worked Your
I do not care whether you're a Democrat or you're a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren't drafted. They enlisted, because they believe. Tommy Lasorda
You People Care Believe Independent Must Wearing Armed Armed Forces For The People Democrat Forces Because Were Whether Republican Uniform Who Drafted Enlisted Pull
I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. Tommy Lasorda
Sky Big Bleed Dodger Die Blue Going
Grownups have to say 'please,' too. Tommy Lasorda
Too Please Say Grownups
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them. Tommy Lasorda
You People Long Before Too Worrying About Up Listen Them Stands Start
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. Tommy Lasorda
You Holding Too Enough Like Hand Squeeze Managing Your Hard Dove Flies Away
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.' Tommy Lasorda
Time You Game Losing Lose Lost Before Group Kid Kids Out One Time See He Put Arm Over League Major Major League Cry Crying Him Around Said Doing Get Pitcher Just Little Little Kid Found Players Speech
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
Happy Win Lose Out Eat Disappointed Lot Diet Depressed Rained
No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. Tommy Lasorda
You Tell Never Cheat Did Even
I bleed Dodger blue! Tommy Lasorda
Bleed Dodger Blue
Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. Tommy Lasorda
Me Sports Path Narrow Straight Kept
Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. Tommy Lasorda
Softball Too Countries Baseball Now Played
Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. Tommy Lasorda
You Sometimes Too Excited Up Get Against Works
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. Tommy Lasorda
Old Dream Catcher Yankee Yankee Stadium Years Pitching Stadium Bill Used Actually
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. Tommy Lasorda
Job Took Our States Exactly Exactly What Take Because Dodger American Did Manager Gold Gold Medal Where Wanted Team Medal Baseball United United States Bring Belongs Olympic
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
Future Me You Pressure Worried About Something Guy Feel Know Hall Said Got Hired Replace Going Want After Asked
I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' Tommy Lasorda
World Sport Always Capital
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