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

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

" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "

" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" My goal is to live to be 100. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I bleed Dodger blue! "

" 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.' "

" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "

" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "

" 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. "

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