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" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
Tommy Lasorda
Way
Gay
Son
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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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" 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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" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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Babe
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" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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" 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. "
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" Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. "
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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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" 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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Blue
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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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Daughter
Wife
One Word
" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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Get
Back
" 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. "
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Team
Organization
Opportunity
" 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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Hard
Hand
Enough
" 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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Years
Dream
" 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
" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
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Impossible
Possible
Man
" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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Great
Class
Character
" About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. "
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Problem
Failure
You
" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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Grownups
Too
Say
" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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Cheat
You
Tell
" Guys ask me, don't I get burned out? How can you get burned out doing something you love? I ask you, have you ever got tired of kissing a pretty girl? "
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Love
You
Tired
" Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them. "
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You
Up
" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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Who
Happen
Portrait
" 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. "
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Make It Happen
World
" 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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Win
Good
Bad
" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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Hit
Just
" 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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Hand
Believe
I Believe