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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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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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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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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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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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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, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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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 played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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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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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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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 wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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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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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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