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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.

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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 feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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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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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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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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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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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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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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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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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 wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.
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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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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.
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I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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