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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
Tommy Lasorda
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Tommy Lasorda
Age: 93 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 22
Died: 2021
Died: January 7
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
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Norristown
Pennsylvania
Thomas Charles Lasorda
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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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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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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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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 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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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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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've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?
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