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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

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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My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.
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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.
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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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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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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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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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It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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