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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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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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Dodgers
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Heaven

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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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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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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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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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 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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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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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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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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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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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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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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