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" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
Tommy Lasorda
Life
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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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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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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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" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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" 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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" About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. "
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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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" 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've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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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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" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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Tell
" Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. "
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Hand
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" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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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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" 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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