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" Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. "
Tommy Lasorda
You
Against
Excited
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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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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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" 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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" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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" 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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" 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 love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "
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Get
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" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "
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Kept
Sports
Path
" 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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Doors
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" My goal is to live to be 100. "
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" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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You
People Say
" 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. "
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Never
Army
High
" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
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Impossible
Possible
Man
" 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
Winner
" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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Great
Class
Character
" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "
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Played
Now
Countries
" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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Bleed
Blue
Dodger
" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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Always
Capital
World
" The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs. "
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Only
Field
Worry
" 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 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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Diet
Happy
Lose
" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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Your
" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "
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Big
Sky
Die
" 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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Know
" 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 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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