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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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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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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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There are parents out there screaming as if their kid is going to be in the big leagues someday. C'mon. I chew them out if I see that. Maybe they've got their own idea how to do things, but it's wrong. Just be with the kids. Let 'em make errors. Give them all a chance. It's not about winning. It's spirit, togetherness.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.
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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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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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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
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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 motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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