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" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "

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

" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I do not care whether you're a Democrat or you're a Republican or an independent. We must pull for the people who are wearing the uniform of the armed forces. These people weren't drafted. They enlisted, because they believe. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "

" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "

" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "

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

" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "

" 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.' "

" I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter... or anybody else's wife. "