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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
Succeeds
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Failure
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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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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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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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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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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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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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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 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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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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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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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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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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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