Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda. Tommy Lasorda More Quotes by Tommy Lasorda More Quotes From Tommy Lasorda Nothing succeeds like - failure. Tommy Lasorda succeedfailure Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman. Tommy Lasorda pregnant-womenracebaseball I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians. Tommy Lasorda teamwinningfunny I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife. Tommy Lasorda wifedaughterused No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. Tommy Lasorda cheatsportscheating I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe, coming here and seeing so many cars, so much enthusiasm. Tommy Lasorda motorcyclecarpolice I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person. Tommy Lasorda caringbaseballspecial Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. Tommy Lasorda winningwant The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in determination. Tommy Lasorda There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened. Tommy Lasorda make-it-happenwonderpeopleworld I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it. Tommy Lasorda loseyouryoubelieve
