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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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" 'Pressure' is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure. "

Tommy Lasorda

Thinking

Failure

Start

" 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. "

" About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. "

" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "

" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "

" 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. "

" There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them. "

Tommy Lasorda

Long

You

" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "

" I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter... or anybody else's wife. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. "

" I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great. "

Tommy Lasorda

Heaven

Believe

" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "

" I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army. "

" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "

" I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. "

Tommy Lasorda

Cheaters

You

" I bleed Dodger blue! "

" There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens. "

" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "

" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "

" 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. "

" Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. "

Tommy Lasorda

Baseball

Driving

" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "

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

" If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. "