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" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "
Tommy Lasorda
Big
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Die
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" 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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" 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. "
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" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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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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" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "
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" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "
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" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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" I believe managing is like holding a dove in your hand. If you hold it too tightly you kill it, but if you hold it too loosely, you lose it. "
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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 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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" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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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 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. "
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" My goal is to live to be 100. "
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" I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code. "
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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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Three
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" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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Why
You
People Say
" When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: 'Don't you feel pressure on you?' I said: 'Want to know something? I'm worried about the guy who's going to have to replace me.' "
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" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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Dodgers
Baseball
" 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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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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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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Happy
" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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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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