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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.

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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
Please
Grownups

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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 motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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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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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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