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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

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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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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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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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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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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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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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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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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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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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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'
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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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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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