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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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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 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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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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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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I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.
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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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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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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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I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.
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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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Even though I was never a Yankee fan until I put on the uniform, when you think about the deep history of this organization, you always knew what the Yankees represented.
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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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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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My father wasn't the best role model to me.
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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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It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.
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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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Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.
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In baseball, you're always moving people around.
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There is no worse emotion than fear.
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