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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
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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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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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it not hard enough and it flies away.
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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 bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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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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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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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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Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.
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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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