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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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" 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. "

Tommy Lasorda

Win

Good

Bad

" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "

" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "

" About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. "

" 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. "

" When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. "

" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "

" Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts. "

Tommy Lasorda

Baseball

Driving

" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "

" If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. "

" My goal is to live to be 100. "

Tommy Lasorda

Live

Goal

" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "

" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "

" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "

" 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. "

Tommy Lasorda

Heaven

Believe

" I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen? "

" 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. "

" Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away. "

" 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? "

" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "

" You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down. "

" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "

" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "

" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "

" The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs. "

" I bleed Dodger blue! "

" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "

Tommy Lasorda

Strange

Feel

" I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer. "

" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "

" 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.' "