My son wasn't gay. No way. Tommy Lasorda More Quotes by Tommy Lasorda More Quotes From Tommy Lasorda There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness. Tommy Lasorda errors winning kids He (Darryl Strawberry) is not a dog; a dog is loyal and runs after balls. Tommy Lasorda balls dog running I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. Tommy Lasorda sky blue sports 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. Tommy Lasorda army gun school Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. Tommy Lasorda excited sometimes My goal is to live to be 100. Tommy Lasorda goal When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out. Tommy Lasorda cooking winning food Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl? Tommy Lasorda life-and-love girl sports Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant. Tommy Lasorda player baseball prayer Grownups have to say 'please,' too. Tommy Lasorda grownups please Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. Tommy Lasorda baseball softball country 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 asteroids names two If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. Tommy Lasorda chance may heaven I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. Tommy Lasorda cheater Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. Tommy Lasorda careers class character My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.' Tommy Lasorda i-love-you-more baseball football 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. Tommy Lasorda grandmother baseball games I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years. Tommy Lasorda player baseball years I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day. Tommy Lasorda one-day player league You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back. Tommy Lasorda loyalty motivational giving