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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.

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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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We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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People are proud of their players.
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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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.
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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.
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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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Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
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