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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

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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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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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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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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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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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'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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My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'
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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 only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.
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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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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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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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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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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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