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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
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Brooklyn
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Joseph Paul Torre
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I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.
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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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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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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 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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We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.
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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.
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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 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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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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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I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
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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 father wasn't the best role model to me.
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If a club is winning, you never pay attention to a guy who's 0-for-10. If a club is losing, all of a sudden you'll find that he's the main reason why you're losing, which is absurd for me.
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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know
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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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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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