“I told my wife, because she started to ask me, ‘Tommy, why do you want to do this?’ and I told her because 25 years from now, there’s going to be a quiz: ‘Who’s the only manager to ever win a World Series and an Olympic gold medal?’ and I told her that was going to be me,” said Lasorda. “And she said, ‘Well, you don’t even know who your players are,’ and I said, ‘I don’t care, I just need them to be alive.’
