178 Quotes by Tommy Lasorda

I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don’t remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don’t remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code.

It’s still the best game in town because you don’t have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.

Sometimes you’ve just got to let an umpire know that you’re not satisfied with his decision. That they’ve missed the play in your opinion. Not that it’s going to do you any good, but you’ve got to let them know.

Say ‘Dodgers’ and people know you’re talking about baseball. Say ‘Braves’ and they ask, ‘What reservation?’ Say ‘Reds’ and they think of communism. Say ‘Padres’ and they look around for a priest.

I do not care whether you’re a Democrat or you’re a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren’t drafted. They enlisted, because they believe.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you’re up in the stands with them.

When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we’re rained out.

I didn’t even graduate from high school. I’ve never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.

When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: ‘Don’t you feel pressure on you?’ I said: ‘Want to know something? I’m worried about the guy who’s going to have to replace me.’