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" We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life. "
Tommy Lasorda
Way
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Life
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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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" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
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" I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great. "
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" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "
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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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" 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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" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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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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" About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. "
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" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "
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" I bleed Dodger blue! "
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" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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Tell
" People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not. "
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Why
You
People Say
" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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Grownups
Too
Say
" I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters. "
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Like
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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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Boy
Army
School
" 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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Three
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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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Feel
" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "
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Today
Better
" 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
" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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Your
You
" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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Country
Better
Your
" 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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Job
Baseball
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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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Diet
Happy
Lose
" 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
" 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
" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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Dodgers
Baseball
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