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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, Hey, you can't run too much. Or if you're a boxer you say, Hey, you can only box three rounds. It's not right!
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.
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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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When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.
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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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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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 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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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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Caltech honored me -- they named an asteroid after me. There's only two of them up there with names. One of them is Walter Cronkite. The other is Tommy Lasorda.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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