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" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
Tommy Lasorda
Impossible
Possible
Man
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" 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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" 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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" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
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" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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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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" 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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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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" 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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Losing
Game
Lost
" Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. "
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Driving
" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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Who
Happen
Portrait
" 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
" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "
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Get
I Love
" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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Grownups
Too
Say
" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "
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You
Today
Better
" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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Win
Everybody
Wants
" If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. "
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Chance
Dodgers
Good
" '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. "
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Thinking
Failure
Start
" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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Everything
Dodgers
Baseball
" Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them. "
Tommy Lasorda
Long
You
Up
" 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? "
Tommy Lasorda
Love
You
Tired
" Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you. "
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You
Against
Excited
" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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Way
Gay
Son
" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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Watch
Hit
Just
" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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Olympic
Enough
Team
" 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
" 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. "
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Republican
Believe
Care
" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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Why
You
People Say
" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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Great
Class
Character