Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
Tommy Lasorda
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About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.
All last year we tried to teach him Fernando Valenzuela English, and the only word he learned was million.
Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.
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 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.
I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.
I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.
I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.
I walk into the clubhouse and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol and by the seventh inning he had drunk it all.
Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.
No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you.
People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.
Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.
There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.
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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