Tommy Lasorda Quotes

I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia.

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

The only thing I really, really want is for the U.S. to win again. Just to win another team gold. And, of course I would really want to win an all-around gold.

The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal.

I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.

After I came back from London with a gold medal, my focus straight away was to defend it four years on.

Everything I do is for a gold medal for this country.

It was truly an enjoyable moment in my life that I will never forget having the opportunity to play for two gold medals. But I think nothing sticks out more than winning a championship in 1991 for me.

As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.

The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

I enjoyed my biggest successes with the national team.

Something that I saw in Sochi that I didn't get the opportunity to have in Vancouver was the team holding hands with arms in the air and medals around their neck.

I always thought, it would be neat to make the Olympic team.

Coming in as a veteran, I'd like to finish with a gold medal.

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, 'You're better than the Cassius of old.'

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.

As a kid, you dream of winning the Stanley Cup. As you get older, you understand the importance of winning the Olympics.

People are proud of their players.

I've been dreaming of winning gold medal in the Olympics.

I will try to win the Olympics gold in London.

For any athlete growing up, the Olympics is the one thing you watch with your family, and it's the one thing you dream about. Seeing your country's flag go up as you get a gold medal is the best thing you can achieve.

I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.

I always wanted to be Olympic champion and do clean programs.

To be with the other two-time gold medalists is great, but it's great to just be a decathlete.