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I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
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Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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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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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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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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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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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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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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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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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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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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 no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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