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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

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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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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 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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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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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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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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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.
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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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