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My goal is to live to be 100. — Tommy Lasorda

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

I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

If you'd see my schedule, you'd know I have no time to slow down. — Tommy Lasorda

If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third. — Tommy Lasorda

Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon ... — Tommy Lasorda

Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. — Tommy Lasorda

Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. — Tommy Lasorda

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. — Tommy Lasorda

If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven, — Tommy Lasorda

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

Wait until Tommy Lasorda meets the Lord and finds out He's wearing pinstripes — Gaylord Perry

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. — Tommy Lasorda

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

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it. — Joe Torre

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

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

When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out. — Tommy Lasorda

If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. — Tommy Lasorda

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don't care and the rest are glad. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

My son wasn't gay. No way. — Tommy Lasorda

My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty. — Tommy Lasorda

You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. — Tommy Lasorda

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends. — Tommy Lasorda

Nothing succeeds like - failure. — Tommy Lasorda

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. — Tommy Lasorda

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

I was told to stay away from pasta and bread for two weeks. Not eating pasta? That'll kill me. Anything else, but why pasta? — Tommy Lasorda

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

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help. — Tommy Lasorda

Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing. — Tommy Lasorda

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

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. — Tommy Lasorda

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million. — Tommy Lasorda

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

It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball. — Tommy Lasorda

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

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day. — Tommy Lasorda

Grownups have to say 'please,' too. — Tommy Lasorda

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

I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army. — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right. — Tommy Lasorda

The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series. — Tommy Lasorda

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down. — Tommy Lasorda

He (Darryl Strawberry) is not a dog; a dog is loyal and runs after balls. — Tommy Lasorda

The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. — Tommy Lasorda

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? — Tommy Lasorda

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. — Tommy Lasorda

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

They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I'd be a 300-game winner. — Tommy Lasorda

I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back? — Tommy Lasorda

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

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

Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in the toilet and flush it. — Steve Garvey

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