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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

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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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There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
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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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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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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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I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.
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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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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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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 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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I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.
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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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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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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 bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl?
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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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