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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. "
Tommy Lasorda
Never
Army
High
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" 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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" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "
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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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" I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. "
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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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" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "
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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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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 Am
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" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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Get
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" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "
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Get
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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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" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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Dodgers
Baseball
" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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Olympic
Enough
Team
" 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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Baseball
Doors
Down
" '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. "
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Thinking
Failure
Start
" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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Go
Feel
" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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Your
You
" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
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Impossible
Possible
Man
" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
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Heaven
Angels
Looking
" 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. "
Tommy Lasorda
Thought
Baseball
Manager
" 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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Heaven
Go
Believe
" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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Hit
Just
" 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
Wonder
" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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You
People Say
" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "
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Played
Now
Countries
" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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Who
Happen
Portrait
" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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Gay
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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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Dodgers
Good
" 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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