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" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
Tommy Lasorda
Heaven
Angels
Looking
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" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "
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Now
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" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
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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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" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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" I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. "
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Like
You
" My goal is to live to be 100. "
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Live
Goal
" 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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Baseball
Doors
Down
" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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Go
Feel
" 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
" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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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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" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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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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" 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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