Tommy Lasorda Quotes

When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you feel pressure on you?' I said: 'Want to know something? I'm worried about the guy who's going to have to replace me.'

Tommy Lasorda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: coach
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 22, 1927

Topics

FutureMePressureFeelYouKnow

I am deeply romantic and a genuine yet complex person.

Jiah Khan

RomanticI AmPersonGenuineComplex

You have to go into each match believing you can beat all of the players.

Andy Murray

YouGoBelievingBeatPlayersMatch

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries.

Stephen Hawking

I AmFamousWonderSometimesAm

I always notice the dysfunctional dynamic of human relationships because most places where you encounter it, people are trying to pretend it isn't happening.

Sophie Hannah

PeopleTryingYouRelationships

I had to have a large kitchen because I look to cook.

Traci Bingham

KitchenLookBecauseCookLargeHad

You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough.

Tony La Russa

ToughThinkDecisionsYouKnowSome

A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration.

Michelle Forbes

LifeWaterBreakfastDietMy Life

When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.

Michael Shannon

WorkTimeDayWake UpLookDown

I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day.

Missy Elliott

LiveDayPeopleThinkingChurchDie

In the Land of Ire, the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres and monsters is all but dead; in the Land of Ind, it still flourishes in all the vigour of animism.

Joseph Jacobs

BeliefLandDeadFairiesMonsters

Music tells no truths.

Philip James Bailey

MusicTruthsTells

The gun went off accidentally.

Phil Spector

GunOffAccidentally

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