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My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'

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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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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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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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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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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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Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with 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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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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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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