178 Quotes by Tommy Lasorda

With so many new faces, ... it's hard to say who will lead the team.

I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'

Do you know how many countries are represented in the Olympics, and how many sports, and how many athletes? ... A lot. A lot. But no Americans in baseball? Why? Why? It's sad. Very sad.

You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see Venezuela. . . . Matsui is a great player. The Japanese team needs him.

This is something that we needed so desperately in this game. And to see the reaction of the fans all over the country is really and truly amazing, and to see the excitement at that ballpark today was stimulating. All of us in baseball should really say to those guys congratulations for what they've done for the game.

I told him, 'You will be a major league manager. You have the ability, you have the knowledge and certainly have the correct attitude,'

I traveled 2,500 miles to have lunch with you all. It's a good lunch, ... But you have to care.

I've had escorts before, but nothing like this.

If you said to God, 'Create someone who was what a baseball player should be,' God would have created Joe DiMaggio ... And he did.