Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasordais a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuoustenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1927
CityNorristown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I am enthused and excited to be named the honorary starter. Waving the green flag is like swinging a bat; it's all in the wrists.
I am enthused, and excited to be named the Honorary Starter. Waving the green flag is like swinging a bat; it's all in the wrists.
Frank asks me questions, and I give him opinions, and that's it. I'm the senior advisor to the chairman of the board. It wouldn't be good if we both had the same opinions.
I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.
I was in awe of playing on that (1955) team,
He was to people all over the world what a baseball player was supposed to be like,
We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life.
'Pressure' is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.
They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I'd be a 300-game winner.
You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back.
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.
There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened.
You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.
With so many new faces, ... it's hard to say who will lead the team.