Tommy Lasorda Quotes

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

Tommy Lasorda

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

Tommy Lasorda

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

I walk into the clubhouse and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the seventh inning he had drunk it all.

Tommy Lasorda

No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.

Tommy Lasorda

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.

Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda

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Born: September 22, 1927

Died: January 7, 2021 (aged 93)

Bio: Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda was a Major League Baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management.

Known for:

The Baseball Bunch (1981 – 1985)
Ladybugs (1992)
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)

Tommy Lasorda on Wikipedia

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