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" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
Tommy Lasorda
Great
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Character
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" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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" We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life. "
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" When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot. "
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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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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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Always
Capital
World
" 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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" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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Everybody
Wants
" They could never beat me in Springfield. I loved that old ballpark. If I could have pitched there all my career, I'd be a 300-game winner. "
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Loved
Never
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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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Play
Good
Know
" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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Gay
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" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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Bleed
Blue
Dodger
" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "
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Big
Sky
Die
" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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Life
Your
You
" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
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Impossible
Possible
Man
" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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Strange
Go
Feel
" No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. "
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Win
Good
Bad
" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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Grownups
Too
Say
" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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Olympic
Enough
Team
" I do not care whether you're a Democrat or you're a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren't drafted. They enlisted, because they believe. "
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Republican
Believe
Care
" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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Loyalty
Get
Back
" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "
Tommy Lasorda
Kept
Sports
Path
" One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, 'What are you crying for? When major league players lose, they don't cry.' "
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Losing
Game
Lost
" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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Everything
Dodgers
Baseball
" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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Somebody
You
Give
" 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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Long
You
Up
" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
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Heaven
Angels
Looking
" 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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Team
Organization
Opportunity
" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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Why
You
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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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Daughter
Wife
One Word