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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

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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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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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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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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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I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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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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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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People are proud of their players.
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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 think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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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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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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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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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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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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