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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Baseball
Changed
Since
Tenure
Dramatically
Yankees
Began

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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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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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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do 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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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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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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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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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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