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Chicago is a pretty good town.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Chicago
Town
Towns
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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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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 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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It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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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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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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The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.
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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.
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Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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