Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

- Tony La Russa

Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in bas…

- Tony La Russa

I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That el…

- Tony La Russa

Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of your a…

- Tony La Russa

It's a really neat and special coincidence, but it's nothing but a coincidence. This wasn't set up to give Matt that honor. It's just the way it work…

- Tony La Russa

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innin…

- Tony La Russa

Toughest thing for me as a young manager is that a lot of my players saw me play. They know how bad I was.

- Tony La Russa

You can be stupid once, but idiotic to do it again. I'll settle for being stupid.

- Tony La Russa

The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.

- Tony La Russa