Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.
The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.
When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when we're rained out.
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.
Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.
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.
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.
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.'
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?
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.
Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.
I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball who managed the same team for 20 years or more. One was owner of the team, Connie Mack. Another was part owner of the team, John McGraw. Then there was my predecessor, Walter Alston, and me. It's amazing. In the 20 years I managed the Dodgers, 210 managers were fired.
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've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
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 son wasn't gay. No way.
I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great.
My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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.
I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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.
