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Joe Torre
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 18
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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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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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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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Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.
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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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I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.
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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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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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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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Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.
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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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You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for 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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Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.
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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 know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
Joe Torre