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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
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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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 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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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.
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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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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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.
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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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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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People are proud of their players.
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There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.
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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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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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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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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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