Tommy Lasorda Quotes (55 quotes)

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„Sports has kept me on the straight and narrow path.“
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„My goal is to live to be 100.“
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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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„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 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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„Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.“
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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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„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 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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„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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„You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.“
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„You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.“
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„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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„Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.“
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„My son wasn't gay. No way.“
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„If you love your job, you haven't worked a day in your 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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„People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.“
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Tommy Lasorda
Author born: September 22, 1927
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Coach

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