When you're not playing up to your capability, you gotta try everything, to motivate, to get them going. All of them have to be on the same end of the rope to pull together. It's playing for the name on the front of the shirt, not the back. Individualism gets you trophies and plaques. Play for the front, that wins championships. I try to remind them of that.
Talking about your troubles is no good. Eighty percent of your friends don't care and the rest are glad. - Tommy Lasorda
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
If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven.
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
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…
All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million. - Tommy Lasorda
All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million.
The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series. - Tommy Lasorda
The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils - Tommy Lasorda
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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
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…
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. - Tommy Lasorda
About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
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