Tommy Lasorda Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.”

“I went on national television - went on national television and said. 'I'm sick and tired of people saying that taking drugs is a sickness. When you put something of your own free will in your own body knowing that it's harmful against the body, it's against the law and all it will do is lead you down the path of destruction, that is a weakness.'”

“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.”

“I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.”

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

“I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?”

“My goal is to live to be 100.”

“Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.”