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> [When you're not playing up to your capability, you gotta try everything, to motivate, to get them going. All of them have to be on the same end of the rope to pull together. It's playing for the name on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/when-you-re-not-playing-up-to-your-capability-you-gotta-try/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

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## More by Tommy Lasorda

> [I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball who managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/i-managed-the-dodgers-for-20-years-it-s-hard-to-believe-that-there/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/i-bleed-dodger-blue-and-when-i-die-i-m-going-to-the-big-dodger-in-the/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [You give loyalty, you'll get it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/you-give-loyalty-you-ll-get-it-back/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [There are three kinds of people in this world: people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/there-are-three-kinds-of-people-in-this-world-people-who-make-it/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [Sometimes you've just got to let an umpire know that you're not satisfied with his decision. That they've missed the play in your opinion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/sometimes-you-ve-just-got-to-let-an-umpire-know-that-you-re-not/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/if-you-don-t-root-for-the-dodgers-you-might-not-get-into-heaven/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/guys-ask-me-don-t-i-get-burned-out-how-can-you-get-burned-out-doing/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/there-are-three-types-of-baseball-players-those-who-make-it-happen/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/the-worst-team-in-baseball-s-history-won-only-55-games-the-best-team/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/no-matter-how-good-you-are-you-re-going-to-lose-one-third-of-your/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/managing-is-like-holding-a-dove-in-your-hand-squeeze-too-hard-and-you/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/i-love-doubleheaders-that-way-i-get-to-keep-my-uniform-on-longer/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/when-we-win-i-m-so-happy-i-eat-a-lot-when-we-lose-i-m-so-depressed-i/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/bruce-benedict-is-so-slow-he-d-finish-third-in-a-race-with-a-pregnant/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

> [I walk into the clubhouse today and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tommy-lasorda/i-walk-into-the-clubhouse-today-and-it-s-like-walking-into-the-mayo/)

[Tommy Lasorda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tommy-lasorda/)

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