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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. "
Tommy Lasorda
Only
Field
Worry
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" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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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've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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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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" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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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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" My goal is to live to be 100. "
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" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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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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" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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" The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination. "
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" We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "
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Get
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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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Believe
Care
" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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" 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.' "
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