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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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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?
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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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I'm so excited I had a seven-car police motorcycle escort. I've had escorts before, but nothing like this... I'm really in awe, coming here and seeing so many cars, so much enthusiasm.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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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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