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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

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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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Boomer
Boomers
Yankees

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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.
Joe Torre
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
Joe Torre
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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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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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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
Joe Torre
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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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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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When I was a teenager and my brother Frank was in the World Series in '57 and '58 against the Yankees, Braves winning in '57 and the Yankees in '58, little did I know the next time these two teams would meet in the World Series, I would be managing the Yankees.
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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.
Joe Torre
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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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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
Joe Torre