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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.
Tommy Lasorda
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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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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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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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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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