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" I bleed Dodger blue! "

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

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

" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "

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

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

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

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

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

" The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down. "

" 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 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. "

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

" '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. "

" Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. "

" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "

" When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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