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Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.

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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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Golf
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You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.
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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
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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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Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.
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You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.
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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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Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.
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I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.
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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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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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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.
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You have to fix something when it first appears.
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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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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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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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Chicago is a pretty good town.
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We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.
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