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Tommy Lasorda

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

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

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"We need to learn to protect our time."

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"Great leaders understand the importance of assigning the right people to the right positions. If you put the wrong person in the wrong place, no matter how talented or earnest they are, they will never reach the peak of their potential. Their strengths will be underutilized and they may never measure up to your expectations. Reassign to get the best out of others and the situation."

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"Later, I became the manager for Amelia Earhart, until, well, you know."

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"The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it."

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"The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective."

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"The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon."

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"And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility."

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"I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky."
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"People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not."
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"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."
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"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."
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"I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer."
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"My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it."
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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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