Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasordais a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuoustenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1927
CityNorristown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven,
I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
Why? Go ask my wife, she'll tell you.
You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.
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.
You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back.
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.
'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.
We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life.
We met with him for two hours, and we talked about everything. He seldom laughed, that was one thing I noticed. He did not have much of a sense of humor. But he was a good fan of baseball, and he loved to talk about it.