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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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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Baseball
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Small
Everybody
Games
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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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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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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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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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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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People are proud of their players.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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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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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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