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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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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 was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.
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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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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'
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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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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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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life.
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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.
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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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The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
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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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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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