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.

More Quotes by Tommy Lasorda

You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

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.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

'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.

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.