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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

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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
Baseball

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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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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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When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.
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Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
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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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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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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