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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.

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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I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.
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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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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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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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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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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Obviously generating revenue is what this is all about anymore, which is sad, but again, you have to find ways to make it work. But, yeah, that's certainly intriguing.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.
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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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