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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
Grownups
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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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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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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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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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The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on 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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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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 bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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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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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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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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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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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