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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
Dramatically
Yankees
Began
Baseball
Changed
Since
Tenure

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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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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 look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.
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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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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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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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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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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad things happen to this particular pitcher, you have to pay attention to it. The bullpen has become a huge part of what happens now.
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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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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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