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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
Pencils
Psychology
Mistakes
Mistake
Sports
Everybody
Makes
Erasers

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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 bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.
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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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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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A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
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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 got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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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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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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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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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 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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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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