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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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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Voice Actor
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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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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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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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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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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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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 wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.
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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'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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You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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