1927-, American Baseball Manager
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
Tommy Lasorda – [Management]


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.
Tommy Lasorda – [Pressure]


The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.
Tommy Lasorda – [Determination]


The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.
Tommy Lasorda – [Worry]


When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out.
Tommy Lasorda – [Sports]