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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
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Thomas Charles Lasorda
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Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion. Not that it's going to do you any good, but you've got to let them know.
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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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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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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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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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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
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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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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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I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.
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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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The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.
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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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The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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I don't like the pitch count! How are you gonna develop your arm? If you're a track man you say, Hey, you can't run too much. Or if you're a boxer you say, Hey, you can only box three rounds. It's not right!
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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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Grownups have to say 'please,' too.
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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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Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.
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