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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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There is no worse emotion than fear.
Joe Torre
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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
Joe Torre
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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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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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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.
Joe Torre
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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 played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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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 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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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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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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