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

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

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

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

No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.
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 bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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