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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.

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
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Fans
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One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better
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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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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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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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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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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
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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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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.
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