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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
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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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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 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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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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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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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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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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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've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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