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I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'

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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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World
Capital
Sport
Sports

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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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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 motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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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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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.
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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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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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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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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 God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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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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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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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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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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