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" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "
Tommy Lasorda
You
Today
Better
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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'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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" 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 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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" 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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" Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path. "
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" Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers. "
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" Everywhere I go, I feel strange. "
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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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" 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 bleed Dodger blue! "
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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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" 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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" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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Back
" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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" If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your life. "
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" Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win. "
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" Grownups have to say 'please,' too. "
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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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" 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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Years
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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. "
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Good
Bad
" I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth. "
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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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" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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" Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. "
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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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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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