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I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?

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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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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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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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.
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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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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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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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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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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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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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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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My God, look at the words people use today. They use profanity like it's nothing. Christ almighty.
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