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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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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
Honest
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Communication
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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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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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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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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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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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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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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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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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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