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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

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
Appreciate
Unless
Times
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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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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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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.
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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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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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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'
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As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.
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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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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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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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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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