Best Dodger Quotes of All Time: Vin Scully, Jackie Robinson, Tommy Lasorda & More

Over the history of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, fans have had the privilege of having some of the sports most iconic figures represent their boys in blue.

We’re going to constantly update this page as we find more, but to start it off we have the man who broke the color barrier, of the biggest characters to ever grace the field and a the man with the voice that has influenced more Dodger fans than we will ever know.

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Tommy Lasorda Quotes

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.  – Tommy Lasorda

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. – Tommy Lasorda

Baseball is like driving, it’s the one who gets home safely that counts. – Tommy Lasorda

I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I’m going to the big Dodger in the sky. – Tommy Lasorda

‘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. – Tommy Lasorda

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

If you don’t love the Dodgers, there’s a good chance you may not get into Heaven. – Tommy Lasorda

You give loyalty, you’ll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back. – Tommy Lasorda

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

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. – Tommy Lasorda

Vin Scully Quotes

Good is not good when better is expected. – Vin Scully

It’s easier to pick off a fast runner than to pick off a lazy runner. – Vin Scully

I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate – and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life – is the loneliness on the road. – Vin Scully

Losing feels worse than winning feels good. – Vin Scully

I’m going to sit back, light up, and hope I don’t chew the cigarette to pieces. – Vin Scully

It’s a great time of the year… if you can stand it. – Vin Scully

I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump. – Vin Scully

You can almost taste the pressure now. – Vin Scully

When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio. – Vin Scully

If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That’s the kind of thing that I love to do. – Vin Scully

I’ve told several writers this, and, again, I get back to it, but if you want to make God smile, tell him your plans. – Vin Scully

It’s a wonderful feeling to be a bridge to the past and to unite generations. The sport of baseball does that, and I am just a part of it. – Vin Scully

The roar of the crowd has always been the sweetest music. It’s intoxicating. – Vin Scully

I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book. – Vin Scully

Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect. – Vin Scully

To be honest, I’ve never been interested in how many games I’ve done and seen. It doesn’t mean anything to anybody. All I know is I’m eternally grateful for having been allowed to work so many games. – Vin Scully

The game is just one long conversation, and I’m anticipating that, and I will say things like ‘Did you know that?’ or ‘You’re probably wondering why.’ I’m really just conversing rather than just doing play-by-play. I never thought of myself as having a style. I don’t use key words. And the best thing I do? I shut up. – Vin Scully

That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up. – Vin Scully

It’s a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations. – Vin Scully

One of my favorite expressions ever uttered by a player is Roy Campanella’s line about how, in order to be a major-league player, you have to have a lot of little boy in you. – Vin Scully

If I categorized home runs that I’ve seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry’s… but I’ve seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson’s was probably the most theatrical home run I’ve ever seen. – Vin Scully

I’m not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It’s only me. – Vin Scully

I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you’re not going to talk pitches for three hours. – Vin Scully

Don’t let the winds blow your dreams away… or steal your faith in God. – Vin Scully

Be a bobbed cork: When you are pushed down, bob up. – Vin Scully

In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you’re no longer a fan. I don’t root for the Dodgers, really. I just try to do the game as best I can. And the winning and the losing will take care of itself. – Vin Scully

Thank you for sneaking your transistor under the pillow as you grew up loving the Tigers. God has a new adventure for me. – Vin Scully

Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren’t we all? – Vin Scully

I try to call the play as quickly as I possibly can and then shut up and let the crowd roar because, to me, the crowd is the most wonderful thing in the whole world when it’s making noise. – Vin Scully

A man really determines himself by what he does. – Vin Scully

Jackie Robinson Quotes

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson

“The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time.” – Jackie Robinson

“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.” – Jackie Robinson

“When I am playing baseball, I give it all that I have on the ball field. When the ball game is over, I certainly don’t take it home. My little girl who is sitting out there wouldn’t know the difference between a third strike and a foul ball.” – Jackie Robinson

“Above anything else, I hate to lose.” – Jackie Robinson

“The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.” – Jackie Robinson

“This ain’t fun. But you watch me, I’ll get it done.” – Jackie Robinson

“I don’t like needing anyone for anything.” – Jackie Robinson

“How you played in yesterday’s game is all that counts.” – Jackie Robinson

“I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.” – Jackie Robinson

“Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.” – Jackie Robinson

“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie Robinson

“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.” – Jackie Robinson

“I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.” – Jackie Robinson

“The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.” – Jackie Robinson

“There’s not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.” – Jackie Robinson

“Negroes aren’t seeking anything which is not good for the nation as well as ourselves. In order for America to be 100 percent strong — economically, defensively and morally — we cannot afford the waste of having second- and third-class citizens.” – Jackie Robinson