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You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
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Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
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I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.
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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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