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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.
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I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
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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.'
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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.
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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.
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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.”
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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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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?
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