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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.

Joe Torre

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Basketball
Goes
Somebody
Trying
Every
Something
Exhausts
Winner
Accomplished

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