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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 do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.
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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 believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.
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If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.
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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 is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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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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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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 hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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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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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.
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When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.
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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 feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.
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