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Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.

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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
Sports
Narrow
Straight
Kept
Path

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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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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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Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils
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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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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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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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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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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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I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
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When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.
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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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Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
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I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?
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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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People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
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Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing.
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Nothing succeeds like - failure.
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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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If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.
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