I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.
If you don’t love the Dodgers, there’s a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
Say ‘Dodgers’ and people know you’re talking about baseball. Say ‘Braves’ and they ask, ‘What reservation?’ Say ‘Reds’ and they think of communism. Say ‘Padres’ and they look around for a priest.
No, we don’t cheat. And even if we did, I’d never tell you.
You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you’ve got to shut the doors down.
Grownups have to say ‘please,’ too.
Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.
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.
Everybody makes mistakes, that’s why they put erasers on pencils.
I was told to stay away from pasta and bread for two weeks. Not eating pasta? That’ll kill me. Anything else, but why pasta?
My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it’s nothing. Christ almighty.
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.’
When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
Bruce Benedict is so slow he’d finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.
When you say you’re a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you’re a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you’re a Dodger, everybody knows you’re in the Major Leagues.
Nothing succeeds like – failure.
Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn’t win.
When we win, I’m so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I’m so depressed, I eat a lot. When we’re rained out, I’m so disappointed I eat a lot.
You give loyalty, you’ll get it back.
I believe that 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.