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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

Joe Torre

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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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Cheating
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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.
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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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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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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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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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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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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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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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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 don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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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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