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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
Needs
Much
Boomer
Boomers
Yankees
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Pretty
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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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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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 believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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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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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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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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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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One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.
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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 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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I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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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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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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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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