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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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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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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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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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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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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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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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I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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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If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.
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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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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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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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