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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
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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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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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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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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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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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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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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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.
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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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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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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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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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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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