71 Quotes by Tony La Russa

There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.

I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher.

My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento... and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper.

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.

We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes.

Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.