Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Ausonius
Alexander Pope
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
George Eliot
Guillaume Apollinaire
Mark Twain
All authors
Today's birthdays
1893 - Freya Stark
1915 - Thomas Merton
1920 - Stewart Udall
1902 - Tallulah Bankhead
1956 - John Lydon
1923 - Carol Channing
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Author
President
Cartoonist
Athlete
Activist
Actress
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Favorite authors
Tony La Russa Quotes
Tony La Russa Quotes
Tony La Russa
American
Coach
Born:
Oct 4
,
1944
Baseball
Great
Me
Sometimes
Think
You
Related authors:
Bear Bryant
Bobby Knight
Dabo Swinney
Jim Valvano
John Wooden
Lou Holtz
Nick Saban
Vince Lombardi
Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.
Tony La Russa
Good
You
Factor
Comfort
Anything
Your
There are always distractions, if you allow them.
Tony La Russa
You
Distractions
Allow
Always
Them
My mind is just a product of 50 years of being taught. I'm no smarter than anyone else, but I've been taught by some wonderful people.
Tony La Russa
People
Wonderful
Mind
Else
Some
Smarter
Been
Years
Than
Wonderful People
Just
Taught
Being
Anyone
Anyone Else
Product
I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account.
Tony La Russa
Best
Decision
Think
Everything
Negotiation
One Thing
Taking
Account
Should
Each
Based
Thing
I'm not going to manage again. I'm going to work for a team someday. But it won't be managing.
Tony La Russa
Work
Someday
Manage
Going
Managing
Again
Team
You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.
Tony La Russa
You
Think
Relationships
Out
Memo
Gotta
Up
Manage
Send
Just
Really
Stand
Your
Stand Up
Winning in Oakland in '89 was distinguished because that was truly a great team on a mission to prove that '88 was not what we represented. I look at that team in awe. It was a push-button team.
Tony La Russa
Great
Distinguished
Oakland
Winning
Mission
Great Team
Look
Because
Prove
Truly
Team
Awe
What you end up doing is you try to match your guy's strength against a place they can be successful. They're doing the same thing against us. Sometimes they have the edge, sometimes you have the edge.
Tony La Russa
Strength
You
Sometimes
Try
Edge
Same Thing
Guy
Match
Doing
End
Up
Same
Place
Against
Us
Successful
Your
Thing
I've been so fortunate in life to have worked for such great organizations, with great owners and general managers and all the great players, along with the support of my family.
Tony La Russa
Life
Great
Family
General
Support
Along
Been
Managers
Owners
Worked
Fortunate
Organizations
Players
I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them.
Tony La Russa
Game
Opportunity
Think
Out
See
All-Star
All-Star Game
Guys
Lot
Get
Them
Baseball
Deserve
Credit
Clubs are taking away the steal of home. Not only are more pitchers throwing out of the stretch position, but more third basemen are playing closer to the bag. But another reason why nobody does it much anymore is that some guys, no matter how fast they are, just aren't comfortable trying to steal home.
Tony La Russa
Home
Matter
Out
Some
Guys
More
Only
Steal
Throwing
Taking
Bag
Nobody
Another
Comfortable
Does
How
Trying
Closer
Pitchers
Just
Anymore
Clubs
Much
Reason
Why
Away
Fast
Playing
Third
Position
Stretch
The arc of Ken Griffey Jr.'s swing has gotten bigger than when he hit line drives. Juan Gonzalez is a terrific power hitter, too.
Tony La Russa
Power
Too
Arc
Drives
He
Juan
Terrific
Gotten
Line
Hit
Than
Hitter
Bigger
Swing
Ken
I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest.
Tony La Russa
Jim
Wins
Had
He
Greatest
Said
Been
Place
I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.
Tony La Russa
Clear
Miss
Make
Dugout
Being
My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento... and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper.
Tony La Russa
Me
Animal
Welfare
Wife
Job
Group
Society
About
Sacramento
Outside
Performing
Offered
Just
Rescue
Companion
Elephant
Foundation
Keeper
Started
There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition.
Tony La Russa
You
Survival
Money
Competition
First
Before
More
Had
Mostly
Because
Got
Lot
Contracts
Than
Difference
Bigger
Professional
Professional Baseball
Baseball
Now
Guaranteed
I can only think of about four players who I do not have anywhere from a good to a great relationship with.
Tony La Russa
Good
Great
Relationship
Think
About
Only
Great Relationship
Anywhere
Who
Four
Players
If you like to run and the guys can't run, you don't run. If you like power, and you have guys that can't hit it out of the park, then you start moving guys around.
Tony La Russa
You
Power
Out
Run
Guys
Park
Like
Around
Hit
Moving
Then
Start
No more Tony La Russa quotes
Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Tony La Russa.
Bear Bryant
Bobby Knight
Dabo Swinney
Jim Valvano