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Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
Baseball Manager
Baseball Player
Brooklyn
New York
Joseph Paul Torre
Coleman
Jerry
Wear
Proud
Player
Made
Kind

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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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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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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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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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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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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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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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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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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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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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My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
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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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People are proud of their players.
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Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If he doesn't, hopefully he will do it the next time.
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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
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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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