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

- Tommy Lasorda

If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven.

- Tommy Lasorda

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 ste…

- Tommy Lasorda

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

- Tommy Lasorda

I walk into the clubhouse today and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I bro…

- Tommy Lasorda

Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils

- Tommy Lasorda

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

- Tommy Lasorda

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

- Tommy Lasorda

The gym teacher's name was Mr. Caruso. Mr. Caruso did not speak English. He spoke 'Gym.' One day I was playing basketball and Mr. Caruso told me I wo…

- Tommy Lasorda