Tommy Lasorda Quotes

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.

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.

If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.

No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you are going to win one-third of your games. It’s the other third that makes the difference. —TOMMY LASORDA

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.

When I come into this clubhouse, if I am dejected and I am depressed and I am tired and my players see me that way, what is the attitude and the atmosphere of the clubhouse going to be? If I walk in full of enthusiasm, full of self-confidence, and proud to be putting that uniform on, all of those things are also contagious. That’s the attitude this team will have.” – Tommy Lasorda, 2-Time World Series-Winning Manager

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. -Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda, Andrea Bocelli, Bonnie Hunt, Scott Baio, Billie Piper, Joan Jett, Richard Fairbrass, Sue Perkins, Tom Felton, Tatiana Maslany, Nick Cave, Bilbo Baggins

Tommy Lasorda, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for four National League pennants and two World Series championships, said in an interview with Fortune magazine: Happy people give better performances. I want my players to know that I appreciate what they do for me. See, I believe in hugging my players. I believe in patting them on the back. People say, “God you mean to tell me you’ve got a guy making a million and half dollars a year and got to motivate him?” I say, absolutely. Everybody needs to be motivated, from the President of the United States on down to the guy who works in the clubhouse.

I believe that 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.

Dreaming in necessary for a winner,but executing the dreams to reality is must to 'win'.