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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.

Joe Torre

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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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Caruso
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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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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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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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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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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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You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.
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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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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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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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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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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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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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I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
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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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