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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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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.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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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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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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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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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
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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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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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